Subject: Re: Help me defend NetBSD's honor!
To: Julio Merino <jmmv@menta.net>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
List: current-users
Date: 03/09/2003 08:37:18
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 10:26:31AM +0000, Julio Merino wrote:
> If the machine has a graphics card plugged in, you should not have any
> problem. Use the normal bootblocks, and a kernel with wsdisplay compiled
> in. If there is no graphics card... ISTR that the kernel will fail to
> boot if using normal bootblocks (so you have to use serial, but you need
> it for anything else...)
No, they don't have graphics devices. These boards are serial console
only.
It should be possible to write a null console driver and glue it in with
an option.
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-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>