website: review OpenBSD page index and convert to GNU Boot point of view.
The mention of LibertyBSD was removed in the OpenBSD page, because
according to the LibertyBSD web page: "LibertyBSD's dormant, and in
archive-mode."[1]. The LibertyBSD project also point to the
HyperbolaBSD project as a future alternative to LibertyBSD ("Support
HyperbolaBSD!"[1].).
[1]https://libertybsd.net/
Given that we still mention that the tutorial was made for LibertyBSD
as well but we point to the BSD index page for the warnings and a way
forward (which is basically HyperbolaBSD) to improve support for BSD
systems in GNU Boot.
Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org>
This commit is contained in:
parent
48026e7b7d
commit
b23e3e8c97
GPG Key ID:
5F5DFCC14177E263
|
|
@ -1,14 +1,24 @@
|
|||
---
|
||||
title: How to install OpenBSD on x86 GNU GRUB payload
|
||||
x-unreviewed: true
|
||||
...
|
||||
|
||||
This guide is written for OpenBSD 6.1, but it can be adapted easily for other
|
||||
versions (of OpenBSD).
|
||||
This guide was written for OpenBSD 6.1 and/or LibertyBSD 6.1 at a time
|
||||
where Libreboot was still fully free and where LibertyBSD 6.0 was
|
||||
still maintained. At that time the this guide was meant to be easily
|
||||
adapted for other versions of OpenBSD.
|
||||
|
||||
If you want an encrypted install, use SeaBIOS instead of GRUB and go here:
|
||||
<https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html> (official installation guide, which
|
||||
says how to use encryption)
|
||||
OpenBSD is not a fully free softrware operating system / distribution
|
||||
and so the GNU Boot project can't force its contributors to test GNU
|
||||
Boot with OpenBSD.
|
||||
|
||||
Because of that this page is only meant for people already Using
|
||||
OpenBSD. See the [BSD index page](index.md) for more details about how
|
||||
GNU Boot deals with this issue and the way forward to a better support
|
||||
for BSD systems in GNU Boot.
|
||||
|
||||
If you already use OpenBSD and want an encrypted install, use SeaBIOS
|
||||
instead of GRUB and go here: <https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html>
|
||||
(official installation guide, which says how to use encryption)
|
||||
|
||||
GRUB supports booting OpenBSD kernels directly. However, you're better off
|
||||
simply using the SeaBIOS payload; BSD works well with BIOS or UEFI setups.
|
||||
|
|
@ -17,13 +27,13 @@ GRUB is acceptable for booting unencrypted BSD installations. However,
|
|||
encrypted BSD installations will probably require the use of SeaBIOS/Tianocore.
|
||||
|
||||
install61.fs is the installation image for OpenBSD 6.1. Adapt the
|
||||
filename accordingly, for a different OpenBSD version or LibertyBSD.
|
||||
filename accordingly, for a different OpenBSD version.
|
||||
|
||||
Prepare the USB drive (in LibertyBSD or OpenBSD)
|
||||
------------------------------------------------
|
||||
Prepare the USB drive in OpenBSD
|
||||
--------------------------------
|
||||
|
||||
If you downloaded your ISO on a LibertyBSD or OpenBSD system, here is
|
||||
how to create the bootable LibertyBSD/OpenBSD USB drive:
|
||||
If you downloaded your ISO on an OpenBSD system, here is how to create
|
||||
the bootable OpenBSD USB drive:
|
||||
|
||||
Connect the USB drive and check the system message buffer:
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
@ -107,11 +117,6 @@ Installing OpenBSD with full disk encryption
|
|||
If you are using SeaBIOS, OpenBSD's bootloader will be
|
||||
chainloaded automatically and everything will just work.
|
||||
|
||||
Alternatively, it would be good to port OpenBSD either natively as a
|
||||
coreboot payload, or port it to libpayload (payload library in coreboot;
|
||||
it has a basic C library and a few functions for certain operations e.g.
|
||||
text/bitmap).
|
||||
|
||||
Booting
|
||||
-------
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
@ -120,7 +125,7 @@ Press C in GRUB to access the command line:
|
|||
grub> kopenbsd -r sd0a (ahci0,openbsd1)/bsd
|
||||
grub> boot
|
||||
|
||||
OpenBSD will start booting. Yay!
|
||||
OpenBSD will start booting.
|
||||
|
||||
Configuring Grub
|
||||
----------------
|
||||
|
|
@ -128,10 +133,10 @@ Configuring Grub
|
|||
If you don't want to drop to the GRUB command line and type in a
|
||||
command to boot OpenBSD every time, you can create a GRUB configuration
|
||||
that's aware of your OpenBSD installation and that will automatically
|
||||
be used by Libreboot.
|
||||
be used by GNU Boot.
|
||||
|
||||
On your OpenBSD root partition, create the `/grub` directory and add the file
|
||||
`libreboot_grub.cfg` to it. Inside the `libreboot_grub.cfg` add these lines:
|
||||
`gnuboot_grub.cfg` to it. Inside the `gnuboot_grub.cfg` add these lines:
|
||||
|
||||
default=0
|
||||
timeout=3
|
||||
|
|
@ -150,11 +155,12 @@ seconds OpenBSD 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
|
||||
booting payloads like memtest86+ which expect text-mode, but for OpenBSD
|
||||
it can be problematic when they are trying to switch to a framebuffer
|
||||
because it doesn't exist.
|
||||
According to the Libreboot project at a time when it was still fully
|
||||
free, most of the issues occur when using coreboot's 'text mode'
|
||||
instead of the coreboot framebuffer. This mode is useful for booting
|
||||
payloads like memtest86+ which expect text-mode, but for OpenBSD,
|
||||
accodring to Libreboot at the time, it can be problematic when they
|
||||
are trying to switch to a framebuffer because it doesn't exist.
|
||||
|
||||
Won't boot...something about file not found
|
||||
---------------------------------------------
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
Loading…
Reference in New Issue