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diff --git a/docs/bsd/netbsd.md b/docs/bsd/netbsd.md index b3bb722a..70845469 100644 --- a/docs/bsd/netbsd.md +++ b/docs/bsd/netbsd.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ How to install NetBSD on a libreboot system This section relates to preparing, booting and installing NetBSD on your libreboot system, using nothing more than a USB flash drive (and *dd*). -They\'ve only been tested on a librebooted ThinkPad X60. +They've only been tested on a librebooted ThinkPad X60. It is expected that you use text mode in libreboot (txtmode images), for the early boot process in NetBSD. **Suspend/hibernate is broken, @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Connect the USB drive. Check dmesg:\ Check to confirm which drive it is, for example, if you think its sd3:\ **\$ disklabel sd3** -Check that it wasn\'t automatically mounted. If it was, unmount it. For +Check that it wasn't automatically mounted. If it was, unmount it. For example:\ **\$ doas umount /dev/sd3i**\ @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Connect the USB drive. Check dmesg:\ Check lsblk to confirm which drive it is:\ **\$ lsblk** -Check that it wasn\'t automatically mounted. If it was, unmount it. For +Check that it wasn't automatically mounted. If it was, unmount it. For example:\ **\$ sudo umount /dev/sdX\***\ **\# umount /dev/sdX\*** @@ -145,22 +145,22 @@ NetBSD will start booting. Yay! Configuring Grub ---------------- -If you don\'t want to drop to the GRUB command line and type in a +If you don't want to drop to the GRUB command line and type in a command to boot NetBSD every time, you can create a GRUB configuration -that\'s aware of your NetBSD installation and that will automatically be +that's aware of your NetBSD installation and that will automatically be used by libreboot. On your NetBSD root partition, create the **/grub** directory and add the file **libreboot\_grub.cfg** to it. Inside the **libreboot\_grub.cfg** add these lines: -**default=0 timeout=3 menuentry \"NetBSD\" {\ +**default=0 timeout=3 menuentry "NetBSD" {\ knetbsd -r wd0a (ahci0,netbsd1)/netbsd\ }\ ** -The next time you boot, you\'ll see the old Grub menu for a few seconds, -then you\'ll see the a new menu with only NetBSD on the list. After 3 +The next time you boot, you'll see the old Grub menu for a few seconds, +then you'll see the a new menu with only NetBSD on the list. After 3 seconds NetBSD will boot, or you can hit enter to boot. [Back to top of page](#pagetop). @@ -170,16 +170,16 @@ seconds NetBSD will boot, or you can hit enter to boot. Troubleshooting =============== -Most of these issues occur when using libreboot with coreboot\'s \'text -mode\' instead of the coreboot framebuffer. This mode is useful for +Most of these issues occur when using libreboot with coreboot's 'text +mode' instead of the coreboot framebuffer. This mode is useful for booting payloads like memtest86+ which expect text-mode, but for NetBSD it can be problematic when they are trying to switch to a framebuffer -because it doesn\'t exist. +because it doesn't exist. In most cases, you should use the vesafb ROM images. Example filename: libreboot\_ukdvorak\_vesafb.rom. -won\'t boot\...something about file not found +won't boot\...something about file not found --------------------------------------------- Your device names (i.e. usb0, usb1, sd0, sd1, wd0, ahci0, hd0, etc) and |