Subject: port-acorn32/18883: Installation impossible on 10Mb A7000 - display freezes on kernel startup
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <rich@richsage.co.uk>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 11/01/2002 09:07:39
>Number: 18883
>Category: port-acorn32
>Synopsis: Installation impossible on 10Mb A7000 - display freezes on kernel startup
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: port-acorn32-maintainer
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Fri Nov 01 09:08:00 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Rich Sage
>Release: 1.6
>Organization:
>Environment:
Unable to obtain
>Description:
After following installation instructions up to the point of first running !BtNetBSD, upon double-clicking on the InstKern file, the installer starts and executes up to the point where the kernel is started. The "5..4..3..2..1..start!" is displayed but after that, the screen displays 2 screenfulls of colourful graphical jibberish, freezing the machine.
Wimpslot is 8Mb, display mode is 640x480 256 colours AKF60 monitor. 1Mb VRAM
>How-To-Repeat:
Occurs everytime an installation is attempted.
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: