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 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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