Re: A7000+/VRAM
Ben Harris <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.netbsd.ports.acorn32 |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Tue, 21 May 2002, Chris Pinnock wrote: > On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 03:16:21PM +0100, Ben Harris wrote: > > In article <[email protected]> you write: > > >Has anyone successfully booted NetBSD on a system without VRAM (e.g. > > >A7000+)? > > > > Yep. I run it on an NC, and we got the install kernel to boot on a > > RiscStation on Sunday. > > Do you get screen corruption when you boot the kernel? At this point > my A7000+ freezes. Between the kernel starting and the VIDC being detected, the screen is running in the wrong mode (the console code assumes a VIDC20 to start with), but this sorts itself out after the VIDC is attached, and everything's fine thereafter. -- Ben Harris <[email protected]> Portmaster, NetBSD/acorn26 <URL:http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/acorn26/>