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From: mmcg@heraclitus.cs.monash.edu.au (Mike McGaughey)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 2.2 kernel switches into unreadable graphic mode
Date: 22 Mar 1997 13:42:35 GMT
Organization: Monash University
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To: david.werner@heim2.tu-clausthal.de (David Werner)
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Last Fri, david.werner@heim2.tu-clausthal.de (David Werner) wrote:
> The first think the boot floppy after loading the kernel into
> text and uncompressing was to put the screen into a colorized
> graphic mode full of bars.
It's a known problem (I have it too :)
If you can borrow another video card for a day, or can use a
serial console, install freebsd using it. Then, recompile the
kernel with the PCVT console device rather than syscons.
Cheers,
Mike.
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Mike McGaughey AARNET: mmcg@cs.monash.edu.au
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