Screen modes in fastboot file
Gavan Fantom <[email protected]> Sun, 17 Nov 2002 22:39:13 +0000 (GMT)
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.netbsd.ports.acorn32 |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
We still have lines in the fastboot file to change screen mode before booting NetBSD. Currently, we have: | Select the monitor defintion file and screenmode Set NetBSD$MDF ADFS::4.$.AKF85 Set NetBSD$ScreenMode "X1024 Y768 C256" [...] loadmodefile <NetBSD$MDF> Set Alias$SetNetBSDMode Wimpmode <NetBSD$ScreenMode> SetNetBSDMode This was left in after previous discussion after fears were aired that the fastboot mechanism (by this I refer to starting NetBSD without booting into the desktop) will activate before RISC OS loads the monitor definition file and sets the screenmode. However, this leaves the problem that after installing !BtNetBSD, until the fastboot file is edited, booting will fail with a complaint about the file ADFS::4.$.AKF85 not being found. Yet further configuration needs to be done to boot on a monitor that doesn't support the chosen screen mode. This is inconvenient to say the least. I have tested the bootloader with all of these lines commented out, both from the desktop and from fastboot, and both cases work correctly, using the screen mode configured in RISC OS. In the light of this, I intend to change the MDF path to one that is likely to exist in RISC OS, comment out the Set NetBSD$... lines and make the last lines conditional on these variables being set. I also intend to add a comment saying that NetBSD will normally boot using the screen mode configured in RISC OS, but to uncomment and edit one or both of the two lines below to boot NetBSD in a different screen mode to RISC OS. If there are no objections, I intend to commit later this week. -- Gillette - the best a man can forget