Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 15:51:56 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: shimon@simon-shapiro.org Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing Message-ID: <199810312351.PAA01388@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 30 Oct 1998 23:48:24 EST." <XFMail.981030234824.shimon@simon-shapiro.org>
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> > > Any VGA card? Or this unavailable (to me) DEC creation? > > > > Any VGA card should do. Make sure you plug a keyboard in too (or the > > SRM console will still use the serial console. > > > > I'm using a nasty ISA Cirrus card in one machine and a old S3 PCI card > > in another. The SRM has x86 emulation built in so it can run the card > > BIOS (ick!). > > Actually, this is good news, as the DPT boots itself with the BIOS. The > new ones even have the DPTMGR (RIAD setup, etc.) running right there. You will probably lose with this one, unfortunately. The SRM BIOS emulation seems specifically for video card BIOS code. If I am mistaken, and it both initialises the DPT and also calls the int19 bootstrap handler, then I will be surprised (and happy). -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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