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Date:      Fri, 20 Aug 1999 09:48:35 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
To:        bvermeul@blackstar.nl
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Installing FreeBSD on a Multia?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9908200947190.82684-100000@semuta.feral.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9908200930410.12656-100000@devel.blackstar.nl>

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Have to use a serial console. No support for TGA framebuffer.
There's a bootstrap raw disk image in http://www.freebsd.org/~mjacob if
you want to try dd'ing that from another OS onto a disk so you can get up
and running quickly- although the serial console install seems to work
pretty well.

On Fri, 20 Aug 1999 bvermeul@blackstar.nl wrote:

> Hello *,
> 
> I am trying to install FreeBSD on my multia, but am encountering some
> problems. I've got the boot-images, can even get the kernel disk to load,
> but when it starts booting my screen blanks out (The Multia has a TGA
> video in it, works like a framebuffer). I was wondering if you've got some
> advice, pointers or general help getting FreeBSD to install on this box.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Bas Vermeulen
> 
> --
> "God, root, what is difference?" -- Pitr, User Friendly
> 	-- Pitr, User Friendly
> 
> "God is more forgiving." -- Dave Aronson
> 	-- Dave Aronson
> 
> 
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