From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Aug 25 16:30:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA00643 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 16:30:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from server5.singular.com (server5.singular.com [204.140.208.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA00470 for ; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 16:29:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from JBarbee@server5.singular.com) Received: by server5.singular.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) id ; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 16:29:29 -0700 Message-ID: <71B40CA7B273D0119DBF080009B46D4003E161@server5.singular.com> From: John Barbee To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: error when running boot disk Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 16:29:28 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org ok, with a little rs232 kluging i got a serial console up without the graphics card. i also looked at the card's docs and apparently it's a ZLXp-E2, not E1. so, should I find an E1 or are there other cards I can use. -----Original Message----- From: John Birrell [mailto:jb@cimlogic.com.au] Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 1998 3:20 PM To: JBarbee@server5.singular.com Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: error when running boot disk 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