Date: Mon, 30 May 2022 01:04:29 +0200 From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD on HP Envy Message-ID: <20220530010429.0994a338@archlinux> In-Reply-To: <20220529180044.00002274@seibercom.net> References: <20220529180044.00002274@seibercom.net>
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On Sun, 29 May 2022 18:00:44 -0400, Jerry wrote: >The unit is presently running Windows 10 Pro and cannot be updated to >Windows 11. Hi, I seriously doubt that a computer that can run Windows 10 cannot run Windows 11. When I recently install Windows 11 Pro as VirtualBox gueston a Linux host I first got "This PC can't run Windows 11 This PC doesn't meet the minimum system requirements to install this version of Windows. For more information, visit https://aka.ms/WindowsSysReq ". By following https://blogs.oracle.com/virtualization/post/install-microsoft-windows-11-on-virtualbox I successfully installed Windows 11 Pro. >I have created a boot only CD and tried to boot-up with that disk >installed in the PC. No luck! The machine boots up as usual. For the >fun of it, I created a Windows 10 installation CD and tried that out. >Upon boot-up the PC immediately recognizes the CD and starts the setup >program. Naturally, I exit out of that immediately. Maybe it's a secure boot issue? Did you disable secure boot? If not, consider to test what happens with secure boot disabled. FWIW: "[...] Additional installation files are included for computers that boot with UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface). The names of these files include the string uefi. [...] This system is too old to support booting from the chosen media. In this case, the Plop Boot Manager (http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanagers.html) can be used to boot the system from the selected media. [...]" - https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/ Regards, Ralf
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