From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 16 22:08:19 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B41716A4CE for ; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 22:08:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail-spool.ender.com (mail-spool.ender.com [207.71.89.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 029B943D2D for ; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 22:08:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from haws@dragon.ender.com) Received: from dragon.ender.com (dragon.ender.com [66.186.24.52]) by monster.paypc.com (8.12.10/8.12.8) with ESMTP id iBGM58br023430; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 22:05:08 GMT Received: from dragon.ender.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.ender.com (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iBGM584H029288; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 14:05:08 -0800 Received: (from haws@localhost) by dragon.ender.com (8.12.10/8.12.9/Submit) id iBGM57J3029287; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 14:05:07 -0800 Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 14:05:07 -0800 From: Brad Hall To: Chuck Robey Message-ID: <20041216140507.A4675@dragon.ender.com> References: <20041121134911.X1330@april.chuckr.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20041121134911.X1330@april.chuckr.org>; from chuckr@chuckr.org on Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 01:59:16PM -0500 cc: freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 22:08:19 -0000 On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 01:59:16PM -0500, Chuck Robey wrote: > I'm trying to gete my Ultra-60 installed (2 procs, 1G ram, 2x18G scsi > disks). I can't get off square 1: the intro screen asks me which of 5 > options to choose for the screen, and none, not one, of them works well > enough for me to be able to navigate at all. I have a PGX64 graphics > card, that's what I want to use, but none of the options work. > I'm tried them all now. The line graphics do not work anywhere. The only > one the looks even vaguely line a menu is #4, but even there, you cannot > use the cursor keys, you have to use the letters ... the trouble is, the > programmers evidently decided that a user would choose to use the moving > highlighting to choose, but that feature doesn't work, and the letters are > simply wrong, they aren't what you'd expect. > For future reference: using the number keys worked well for me on my ultra5. If there is 7 options in the menu, press 5 and it hi-lights the 5th option, and from there you can press enter .. etc. -Brad