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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!not-for-mail 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 Lines: 20 Message-ID: <5h0nkb$u8f$1@harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au> References: <5guvag$5a6@theke.heim2.tu-clausthal.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: heraclitus.cs.monash.edu.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.7 To: david.werner@heim2.tu-clausthal.de (David Werner) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37550 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. -- Mike McGaughey AARNET: mmcg@cs.monash.edu.au "Thousands at his bidding speed, And post o'er land and ocean without rest" - Milton.