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Can't boot a NetBSD install USB (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 3 weeks ago by to c/netbsd@lemmy.sdf.org
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Please bear with me as I am a NetBSD noob.

I am booting NetBSD from a USB, but I can never get past the root device prompt? It shows pk0, pk1, pk2, halt, reboot, and a few other options. I've left the USB for a few minutes and nothing has happened. Does the installer start on its own? Usually Linux installers go straight to the install (or in the case of Arch, an install prompt). I've reflashed the USB once to no avail.

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[–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

did you download the right file? for the right architecture?

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Yes, I used amd64 IIRC.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 child)

    so this: https://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-11.0/images/NetBSD-11.0-amd64-install.img.gz

    did you gunzip it before you dd'd it to the usb? :')

    when you boot into the usb, all you should be getting is

    • "press 1 to install netbsd"
    • "press 2 to drop into a shell"

    or something like that, i don't remember exactly

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