Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 21:51:37 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Douglas Russell <russelld@cpsc.ucalgary.ca> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ATI Mach64D Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960321213241.624A-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960321171418.3386A-100000@fsb>
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On Thu, 21 Mar 1996, Douglas Russell wrote: > Last night I put together a new Pentium 150 machine for a friend of mine > with an ATI Mach64D PCI video card. When we went to install FreeBSD > 2.1.0-RELEASE on it, booting from the standard install floppy, as soon as > it gets to the sio (si0? whetever it is, I don't have anything in front > of me right now), the standard console driver, right after it does the > CPU type determination, the video goes nuts. It switches to some wild > mode that basically just comes out snow. I tried another video card (an > old Trident or something, ISA) it worked fine... You need to disable the sio probe. See the FAQ. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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