On Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 12:08:01PM +0200, Dennis den Brok wrote:
> I've been trying to install NetBSD 1.6.1 on a VDT (very dumb terminal), that
> is, it lacks display, vga adapter, and even serial console, so, obviously, I
> can only use the keyboard and another machine with display in order to see
> what I at least might be doing. After two attempts which did not manage to
> provoke any reaction by the VDT I tried to just reboot the machine by using
> the key sequence "d - enter" after having waited long enough to be
> relatively sure that the installation menu is presented. Again, no reaction.
> So I suppose something went wrong before. Maybe the kernel won't boot
> without vga1 configured? Has anyone got further hints?

It can boot without a vga adapter but it still needs a console (that would
be serial console in this case)

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