> Andreas Stenmark (stenmark@lysator.liu.se) wrote :
> 
> > I have been struggling for quite a while to get NetBSD to work on
> > a few 425E's, to no avail -- the problem being the unsupported gfx
> > adapter. I would use a remote console, but I can't get it to work
> > with the ROM's in HP-UX mode. (For some odd reason it works when in
> > Domain OS mode)  I'm starting to give up on being able to put the
> > ROM's into remote console mode, and I'm thinking that a custom
> > kernel with the console hardcoded to the first serial port might
> 
> Well, when I was installing NetBSD on my 400t with no HIL keyboard, I found
> that the easiest way to get things to work was to remove the graphics adapter
> and then the NetBSD bootblocks and kernel automagically used the remote 
> console. No recompilation needed. The HP bootrom didn't seem to notice or 
> care but it worked well enough to get the sys up and running.

Thank you for the suggestion. I will look into that, although I do think
that the graphics adapter is integrated (soldered) on the main board
on the 425e.

> 
> Martin
> 

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