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> From: Berndt Josef Wulf <wulf@ping.net.au>
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> Subject: Re: NetBSD/Alpha
> To: mynhier@cs.utk.edu (Chad Mynhier)
> Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 07:51:29 +0930 (CST)
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> In-Reply-To: <199805251437.KAA22070@duff.cs.utk.edu> from "Chad Mynhier" at May 25, 98 10:37:05 am
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> Chad Mynhier wrote
> > 
> > "Michael G. Schabert" writes:
> > >At 8:14 PM -0500 5/24/98, Chad Mynhier wrote:
> > >>
> > >>If the video card has 8MB, it's the ZLXp-E2 card, which isn't supported
> > >>by NetBSD.  You can verify this by looking at the video card -- if it has
> > >>a Bt463 RAMDAC, the card's unsupported.
> > >
> > >OK, that was the problem. I didn't know how to tell E1 from E2 & E3, so I
> > >didn't know which I had. As I'm a port-mac68k follower, I don't know
> > >anything anout the alpha port, is the E2 close to being supported, or
> > >should I start advertising for someone with an E1 to swap. Does Alpha
> > >support serial console, & could I enable that & leave out a video card
> > >altogether? As I plan to use it as a headless server, I wouldn't miss the
> > >video if it'd get it to boot.
> > >
> > 
> > Yes, the AS200 supports serial console.  There's a variable you can set 
> > under SRM to support either serial or graphics console.  I don't remember
> > what it is, but it's something logical like 'console'.  Set it to serial,
> > hook up something to the first serial port, and you're good to go.
> > 
> > Oh, and don't forget to take the video card out, or else the machine still
> > won't boot.
> > 
> > As far as support for the E2, noone's working on it, as far as I can tell.
> > 
> > Chad Mynhier
> > 
>
> I might be wrong here as its being awhile since I dealt with this
> issue. By memory, the console will be diverted to the first serial
> port if no graphics card is detected.
>
> Maybe worth a try...
>
> cheerio Berndt
> -- 
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