Subject: Re: Booting on IIsi with Radius TPD 19
To: Jason Garratt <jgarratt@interchange.ubc.ca>
From: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 07/13/1999 01:49:42
Jason Garratt wrote:
> 
> I've just installed NetBSD onto my old IIsi with 5MB of ram and a Radius 
> TPD 19 display and nubus video card.  The system boots fine when I use 
> internal video for my main display but when I use the video card display, 
> NetBSD only prints memory information and nothing else.  Once the booter 
> takes over the entire screen all that is printed is:
> 
> System RAM: 4915200 bytes in 1200 pages.
>     Low = 0x50000, high = 0x100000
>     Low = 0x4000000, high = 0x4400000
>   Video address = 0xf9900200
>   Int video starts at 0xfee08000
>   Length = 0x50000 (367680) bytes
> 
> After the above is printed, the harddisk still crunches possibly 
> indicating that netbsd is still booting but not displying anything to the 
> display.  The same problem occurs if I check "Don't Disable VBL 
> Interrupts on Video Card" in the booter settings.
> 
> How can I get netbsd to boot using my TPD display?  Is the radius TPD 
> display supported?

take a look at the FAQ.  this one is in there (although i'm not completely
sure if the radius video card is supported, but that's not your real
problem, anyway).

later.

colin