From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Aug 25 15:10:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA18021 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 15:10:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cimlogic.com.au (cimlog.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.51.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA18003 for ; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 15:10:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jb@cimlogic.com.au) Received: (from jb@localhost) by cimlogic.com.au (8.8.8/8.8.7) id IAA01069; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 08:20:15 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from jb) From: John Birrell Message-Id: <199808252220.IAA01069@cimlogic.com.au> Subject: Re: error when running boot disk In-Reply-To: <71B40CA7B273D0119DBF080009B46D4003E15F@server5.singular.com> from John Barbee at "Aug 25, 98 02:35:26 pm" To: JBarbee@server5.singular.com (John Barbee) Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 08:20:14 +1000 (EST) Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL40 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org John Barbee wrote: > i'm trying to run freebsd on an alpha, so i got the netbsd installation > disk and it hung. i sent mail to port-alpha@netbsd.org but it seems to > be an extremely quiet list. so i figured somebody here might be able to > help. Try pulling out the graphics card, disconnecting the keyboard and connecting a serial console before powering up. If the machine boots, you've got the "unsupported graphics card" problem. -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message