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