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--- projects:multiboot-minipc [2025/08/16 03:17] – created kit-ty-kate
+++ projects:multiboot-minipc [2025/12/24 15:34] (current) – kit-ty-kate
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+# Multiboot mini-pc (rare OS showcase)
 The mini-pc is used to showcase rare Operating Systems.
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 - [Haiku](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku_%28operating_system%29): Fast operating system written in C++, continuation of [BeOS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeOS)
 - [9front](https://9front.org/): Continuation of [Plan 9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_9_from_Bell_Labs)
-- [DragonflyBSD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DragonFly_BSD): Fork of FreeBSD
+- [DragonFly BSD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DragonFly_BSD): Fork of FreeBSD
 Disk layout (GPT):
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 ## Troubleshooting
+### I don't have time to choose the OS to boot to
 By default the machine should boot in GRUB with no countdown timer, leaving you time to choose which OS you want to boot. If this isn’t the case, put Chimera Linux on a USB drive, boot on it (RAM mode), then:
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   # update-grub
 ```
+### The keyboard is all broken on DragonFly BSD
+Off a fresh install, DragonFly BSD doesn't seem to be able to detect different keyboard layout automatically (e.g. US vs. UK keyboard). If the keyboard is all jumbled, try another keyboard with a different layout.
+*At present (2025/12/24): only keyboards with UK layout will work properly.*
 ## Reinstall guide
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 - The default DragonflyBSD installer won’t let you install it on part of the disk. Follow [this very manual installation guide](https://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/handbook/Installation/#index7h1) to get around that.
-*TODO: print the added grub config*
+### GRUB configuration
+- Set `GRUB_TIMEOUT` to `-1` in `/etc/default/grub`
+- Add the following to `/etc/grub.d/40_custom`:
+```
+menuentry "Haiku" {
+  set root=(hd0,gpt1)
+  chainloader ($root)/EFI/BOOT/HAIKU.EFI
+}
+menuentry "9front" {
+  set root=(hd0,gpt5)
+  chainloader ($root)/efi/boot/bootx64.efi
+}
+menuentry "Dragonfly BSD" {
+  set root=(hd0,gpt1)
+  chainloader ($root)/EFI/BOOT/DFLY.EFI
+}
+```