> 
> > I've tested the Color Classic with the console_only kernel
> > (& booter 1.9)
> 
> [description of woe deleted]
> 
> > So I guess it hangs in moving the video.
> > I disabled all inits etc, same result...
> 
> I don't know which kernel this is, but your problems sound like those of
> the serial console code which made it into 1.1. Right at that point the
> IO space gets moved, but the serial port's idea of where the chip is
> doesn't move. So it writes to the wrong place. The patch has been around
> for a while, though I'm not sure where the fixed kernels are.
> 
> If you have a kernel w/ the serial patch, then something weird's up. :-(

I tried setting the video to 1 bit, claiming less memory than I have,
getting rid of all init's: same result.  I used the scsifixed-serconsole
kernel that appaered some days ago on this list.

Marc
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