Hi,

What you need is a PC to mac vga monitor adaptor. You seem to be in
the US so Compusa seems to have one for 16.66 or ebay has them for
less ($3-4 or so).

I've also been sucessful finding old mac monitors at my local computer
recycling place but that's not a US sort of thing.

Yes, this is a pain, but, you will probably be happier to have something
plugged into the onboard video to get things working.

cheers

bruce

On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 04:56:01PM -0700, Peter Rooney wrote:
> Dear folks,
> 
> I am trying to install netBSD on a 7600.  Due to some...hardware 
> availability issues... I have yet to reach Milestone.  I suspect that 
> others have cleared this particular hurdle before, and are willing to 
> share their knowledge.
> 
> I'm using a PCI video card, with no mac monitor available to plug into
> /chaos/control, and only one computer, so setting up another computer as
> a serial console is not an option.  I'm not expecting to find a second 
> mac with a serial port any time this month.
> 
> What I've been trying to do in the meantime is get the install going by 
> manually changing the output device to the video card.  Not seeing the 
> prompt or feedback has made this an exercise in futility.
> 
> I have a linux install on another drive, and searching through
> /proc/device-tree/bandit/ has yeilded no clues.   The installation 
> document suggests it would be something along the lines of
> `/bandit@F400000/ATY,mach64@D' or `/bandit/ATY,mach64', or
> `/bandit@F2000000', and nothing that google has offered has gotten more 
> specific than that.  Because I don't have a second computer or a 
> macintosh monitor to plug into the onboard video, I can't just ask at 
> the OF prompt (which I can access, btw, and can even do `eject fd:' by 
> typing blind, but I have yet to stumble across the correct `boot 
> foo,\bar' combination to begin installation from the CD or the boot 
> floppies.  Or maybe i have, and it's presenting a dialogue to the serial 
> console instead of my video card.
> 
> I give up, and am asking for directions.  I have met my match.  Rather 
> than trying out myriad combinations of output-device values (via MacOS 
> Boot variables) and moving the video card around the slots, I am asking 
> those most likely to know.
> 
> Has someone compiled a list of valid output-device values for the 
> various PCI slots on the various machines?  I suspect that if someone 
> else also had an ATI card in their outermost PCI slot, I would just plug 
> in their values.  That, or I'm missing something basic about the OF boot 
> process.
> 
> Is it even possible to do this?  Or should I just patiently wait until I 
> can find an old macintosh before continuing?
> 
> Peter Rooney
> http@telus.net
> 
> 

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