On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 10:17:14AM -0500, Brian McCann wrote:
> Hi all.  I'm having some issues installing NetBSD on my SPARCStation 20,
> and please forgive me if I use some of the wrong terminology since this
> is my first time dealing with a SPARCStation.  I downloaded and
> installed OpenBSD, got it running with few problems, worked great, but I
> want SMP support, and someone suggested that NetBSD had it.  So I'm
> trying to install it so I can update to -current and try it out.
> However, the install screens are going crazy.  For example, as I sit
> here, it's downloading the packages from ftp.netbsd.org , and the screen
> has TONS of garbage on it, and only some readable text...almost like the
> video buffer is overflowing.  BUT, the video card ran X fine in OpenBSD.
> Can someone help me out?  Am I doing something wrong?

Looks like wrong terminal type. Is it serial console ? If so, you most
probably want vt100.
If graphic display, try sun-ss5 instead of sun

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 24 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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