Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 14:30:11 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installation Message-ID: <20041121142728.P1330@april.chuckr.org> In-Reply-To: <20041121134911.X1330@april.chuckr.org> References: <20041121134911.X1330@april.chuckr.org>
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On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, Chuck Robey wrote: The system, in all 5 terminal options, is totally ignoring the cursor keys, can anyone tell me if there is something to do here that will get them working? You can't do an install without the cursor keys, you can't even do partitioning. I can't get the system installed. > 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). > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-sparc64 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-sparc64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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