Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 14:30:36 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> To: Brad Hall <haws@ender.com> Cc: freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installation Message-ID: <20041218142847.A1763@april.chuckr.org> In-Reply-To: <20041216140507.A4675@dragon.ender.com> References: <20041121134911.X1330@april.chuckr.org> <20041216140507.A4675@dragon.ender.com>
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On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, Brad Hall wrote: > On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 01:59:16PM -0500, Chuck Robey wrote: > > 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. > > <snip> > > > 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. > > > > For future reference: using the number keys worked well for me on my ultra5. > If there is 7 options in the menu, press 5 and it hi-lights the 5th option, > and from there you can press enter .. etc. I ran out of time before, I couldn't get the Ultra-60 installed. I'll be making my second attempt sometime in the next few days, I've been hoping that someone will have done something sane, which will actually allow one to INSTALL the software. > > -Brad > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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