>
>--- Chris Gilbert <chris@buzzbee.freeserve.co.uk>
>wrote: > 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
>
>Thanks for that.  I set the video mem to 1 meg
>and it works happy as larry.  I've got an
>installed system without X so that's something
>to work on.
>
>Thank you
>
>James

I found that I get a lot of keyboard errors when using X on my
A7000 - X itself works nicely (albeit at a crawl compared to my
workstation :) - to the point where it becomes unuseable.

I might try the latest 1.5Beta distribution, and see if that
makes any difference (running 1.4Z at the moment - i think!)

BTW: I scavenged a creative IDE CDrom from one of my old pc's
and although it works great under netbsd, how do I go about
getting it suported under RiscOS? (3.6 btw) Where can I download
ide cdrom drivers?

(Also, as I've got no nic in the A7000 i have to network it
using a dead slow 56/115k null modem cable [it doesnt like 115
sometimes], is there any support for PLIP under netbsd?)

heres hoping ;-)

-John
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