--- Chris Gilbert <chris@buzzbee.freeserve.co.uk>
wrote: > On Wed, 25 Oct 2000, James Woodcock wrote:
> > I have recently got a second hand A7000+ which
> > I have tried to install NetBSD on.  The spec of
> the
> > machine is
> >
> > A7000+
> > 40MB Ram
> > RiscOS 3.7
> > ARM 7500FE processor
> >
> > I downloaded riscpc-loader.arc and the A7INST
> kernels
> > from the 1.4.2 and 1.5BETA releases.  When I try
> to
> > boot NetBSD using the loader I get the 8 coloured
> > stripes at the top of the screen as !Help from the
> > loader says I should, then everthing goes black
> and
> > nothing happens.  Has anybody got any ideas?
> >
> 
> Hmm, have you tried changing the screen res in the
> boot loader?  and setting 
> the amount of memory for video to something?
> 
> I've not got an A7000, infact I only know of one
> person using netbsd on one.
> 
> Cheers,
> Chris

Thanks for that.  I set the video mem to 1 meg
and it works happy as larry.  I've got an
installed system without X so that's something
to work on.

Thank you

James

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