From owner-freebsd-alpha Sun Nov 28 20:46: 9 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mass.cdrom.com (castles554.castles.com [208.214.165.118]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 839FC14EAF for ; Sun, 28 Nov 1999 20:46:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Received: from mass.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA01991; Sun, 28 Nov 1999 20:46:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199911290446.UAA01991@mass.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: manning@uclink4.berkeley.edu Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot install disk on multia In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 28 Nov 1999 18:35:33 PST." <3841E675.3415CAEB@uclink4.berkeley.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 20:46:37 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > I've had a couple problems with this install. First off, the SRM console > in general... my lowly monitor only goes up to 1024x768. I know SRM is > in 1280x1024 on the multia by default. I searched around and found a > site with jumper settings for changing the resolution. Unfortunatally, > while the resolution DOES change, it never seems to become anything my > monitor can handle. i tried setting it to 640x480, and it's still weird. You probably need a better/different monitor then. I certainly don't have any trouble on a Sony GDM400PS. > In any case, the main problem, is that booting the floppy (and yes, > i've written the image, and rewritten that, and it doesn't change at > all), it all seems to go fine for a while, and then just stops. ANY > ideas? As I said, I DID try redownloading the .flp's a few billion > times, tried a whole bunch of different disks, and it does the same > thing. We don't support the onboard video in the Multia; you have to use a serial console. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message