NetBSD Problem Report #53472

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Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2018 16:14:51 +0000 (UTC)
From: gavan@coolfactor.org
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Subject: netbsd-INSTALL.gz does not appear to contain newfs_msdos
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>Number:         53472
>Category:       install
>Synopsis:       netbsd-INSTALL.gz does not appear to contain newfs_msdos
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    martin
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jul 25 16:15:01 +0000 2018
>Last-Modified:  Wed Jul 25 16:21:54 +0000 2018
>Originator:     Gavan Fantom
>Release:        8.0
>Organization:
>Environment:
uname: not found
(as this is not part of the install media)
NetBSD 8.0 install media for amd64 - netbsd-INSTALL.gz
>Description:
The instructions for installation on a UEFI system require using newfs_msdos. This is not part of netbsd-INSTALL.gz

https://wiki.netbsd.org/Installation_on_UEFI_systems/

>How-To-Repeat:
Download netbsd-INSTALL.gz for amd64 from NetBSD 8.0, uncompress it and boot from it. Note the lack of newfs_msdos.
>Fix:
Include newfs_msdos.

>Release-Note:

>Audit-Trail:

Responsible-Changed-From-To: install-manager->martin
Responsible-Changed-By: martin@NetBSD.org
Responsible-Changed-When: Wed, 25 Jul 2018 16:21:54 +0000
Responsible-Changed-Why:
Take


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