From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 21 18:32:10 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 C77BF16A4CE for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 18:32:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from april.chuckr.org (april.chuckr.org [66.92.151.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D89143D48 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 18:32:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chuckr@chuckr.org) Received: from april.chuckr.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by april.chuckr.org (8.13.1/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iALIxH43002366 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 13:59:17 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from chuckr@chuckr.org) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost)iALIxHYW002363 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 13:59:17 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from chuckr@chuckr.org) X-Authentication-Warning: april.chuckr.org: chuckr owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 13:59:16 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20041121134911.X1330@april.chuckr.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: 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: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 18:32:10 -0000 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. the options given are: 1 -- standard ANSI termial 2 -- VT100 or compatible terminal 3 -- FreeBSD system console (color) 4 -- FreeBSD system console (monochrome) 5 -- xterm terminal emulator 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. Is there some environmental variable that I should be selectijg in the boot sequence, which is entirely open to me? I have tried, btw, both the miniinst and the bootonly cds. Should I try the one labelled disc1? Unfortunately, the docs don'[t tell you which cd to use (not that I could see, anyhow). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, chuckr@chuckr.org | electronics, communications, and SF/Fantasy. New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up fictitious words in the dictionary (on the wall at my old fraternity, Signa Phi Nothing). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------