Re: O2 install - use glass console?

[Michael Lorenz <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

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Hello,

On Jun 20, 2008, at 13:23, Stephen Borrill wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Jun 2008, Stephen Borrill wrote:
> > I'm trying to install -current on my O2. When the kernel is  
> > started it switches into some screen mode undisplayable by its  
> > genuine SGI monitor.
> > Should I be able to use a glass console to do this installation?  
> > If so, what resolution/refresh is it likely to be trying to use?
>
> I've now installed it using a serial console, but I see the same  
> thing as it boots. dmesg says it is using 1280x1024, but it must be  
> a mad refresh rate or something as neither of the monitors I've  
> tried will sync.

My guess is sync-on-green.

have fun
Michael
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