On Wed, 25 Oct 2000, James Woodcock wrote:
> I have recently got a second hand A7000+ which
> I have tried to install NetBSD on.  The spec of the
> machine is
>
> A7000+
> 40MB Ram
> RiscOS 3.7
> ARM 7500FE processor
>
> I downloaded riscpc-loader.arc and the A7INST kernels
> from the 1.4.2 and 1.5BETA releases.  When I try to
> boot NetBSD using the loader I get the 8 coloured
> stripes at the top of the screen as !Help from the
> loader says I should, then everthing goes black and
> nothing happens.  Has anybody got any ideas?
>

Hmm, have you tried changing the screen res in the boot loader?  and setting 
the amount of memory for video to something?

I've not got an A7000, infact I only know of one person using netbsd on one.

Cheers,
Chris