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Subject: kern/2896: FreeBSD 2.2-GAMMA does not work with DIamond Speedstar 64 Graphics video board
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>Number:         2896
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       FreeBSD 2.2-GAMMA does not work with DIamond Speedstar 64 Graphics video board
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Mar  6 08:50:01 PST 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     William A. GIanopoulos
>Organization:
>Release:        2.2-970225-GAMMA
>Environment:
Can't get this info as it does not boot.
>Description:
FreeBSD 2.2 and later do not work if the video board is a Diamond
Speedstar 64 ISA.  If you try to boot with the install floppy it gets
to the message:

Booting the kernel

and then rather than displaying messages on the screen, garbage bit
patterns seem to be displayed on the screen, with a different garbage
pattern each time a new message should appear.

It is still possible to make out remnants of the output from the boot
programright up to the Booting the kernel message, but none of the
text output by the kernel ever appears on the screen.

FreeBSD 2.1.7 boots up and displays just fine with the exact same
hardware.
>How-To-Repeat:
1.  Install a Diamond Speedstar 64 ISA video board.
2.  Boot the 2.2-GAMMA or 3.0-SNAP boot floppy.
>Fix:

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: