Subject: Re: Graphics card!!!
To: Mack Nagashima <mackn@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 05/29/1996 09:24:39
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> Alright..i got a new graphics card..well..not new but it's new to
> me :) It's a RasterOps 24Sx (24 bits @ 640 x 480)
> I tried to boot with graphics acceleration off nad all the extras
> on the cards shut off.. i tired to boot with a generic kernel and
> failed..i then tried to boot off of the 2 grf kernels..here's what i get..
>
> <-snip snip->
>
> Non-system RAM (nubus, etc.):
> Log = 0xf9000000, Phys = 0xf9000000, Len = 0x6000000 (100663296d)
> no internal video at address 0 -- videoaddr is 0xf9000000
> DOne.
> Bootstrapping pmap system.
> Failure in BSD boot. nextpa = 0x110000, high[0] = 0x100000.
> ....
> then it gives some error of not having 32-bit addressing on..and stuff
>
> Stopped at _Debugger+0x6; unlk a6
Did you used to have a working system? Because the above line says
it all; you don't have 32 bit addressing on.
If your system used to work before the video card was added, then there's
a weird problem. check that you have 32 bit addressing on, and try
again.
Take care,
Bill