> On May 28, 2020, at 06:42, Nick Holland <n...@holland-consulting.net> wrote:
>
> On 2020-05-28 05:15, Johan Hattne wrote:
>> On 2020-05-28 00:56, Johan Hattne wrote:
>>> On 2020-05-28 00:43, YASUOKA Masahiko wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 27 May 2020 22:32:58 -0700
>>>> Johan Hattne <jo...@hattne.se> wrote:
>>>>> I've been trying to boot the 6.7 installation media from USB via EFI
>>>>> on a Dell PowerEdge R610. The screen goes blank and then the thing
>>>>> resets (so no kernel output or anything). I can boot the same stick
>>>>> via BIOS.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've been searching for a while without results. Firmware settings
>>>>> look sane to me. Is this something anybody has seen before? Any hint
>>>>> on where I could even start looking for problems would be very much
>>>>> appreciated!
>>>>
>>>> I'd like you to try the diff attached with the following message.
>>>>
>>>> https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=158280719421562&w=2
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot, Yasuoka! Is there any chance you could provide a compiled
>>> BOOTX64.EFI? I don't have an amd64 build environment at the moment.
>>
>> After a bit of off-list discussion, Yasuoka concluded that above diff
>> won't help here. To clarify the issue: there is no output at all before
>> the machine resets, in particular there is no prompt from the EFI boot
>> program.
>>
>> // Johan
>>
>
> Have you tried firmware updates?
> That machine is many years old, I'd not be the slightest bit surprised if
> the firmware was buggy and didn't boot much of anything in EFI mode other
> than Windows and maybe Linux.
Thanks, Nick! The firmware is up to date. And the machine does boot e.g.
NetBSD through EFI.
// Cheers; Johan
