On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Peter Fairbrother wrote:

> Thanks, that works, but I'd reinstalled. boot hd:10.ofwboot.xcf
> hd:11,/netbsd works too, which I'd tried before. Who knows (or cares)?
>
> Still slow though. Slows down between: boot device:wd0   and: root on wd0a
> dumps on wd0b   lines in the opening dmesg. Screen refreshes parade down the
> screen taking three or four seconds to get to the bottom. Anyone else had
> this problem? Could I change the terminal type? Upgrade OF?

It's not OF's fault, it's the fact we aren't using graphics acceleration.
Though they shouldn't be quite *that* slow.

That's why one of the first things I do is fire up X. Even w/o accel,
since the font is smaller, scrolling is faster. :-)

Take care,

Bill