heinz@netbsd.org wrote:

 > my setup: BeBox 66Mhz/Matrox Millennium/2GB IBM DORS SCSI disk/NE2000 clone/
 >           80MB RAM
 > I know, that only the original NumberNine GXE64 card is supported for
 > a graphics console, but the README file of the snapshot mentioned a
 > serial console (Btw, the file 'inst_com.fs' which the README talks
 > about is nowhere to be found), so I wanted to give it a try.

Sorry for confusion...

sys/arch/bebox/stand/boot(in -current) with CONS_BE supports Millennuim I/II.
But, binary snapshot (bootimage and kernel) is not available now.
Method to compile is described in sys/arch/bebox/stand/README.

 > Neither of the two image files (inst_vga.fs and generic_vga.fs) produced
 > output for me. I have a null modem connection from a Solaris/SPARC box
 > to the serial ports and on serial4 (19200/8n1) I can see the debug
 > output of BeOS just fine, but no combination of serial1-serial4, 19200/8n1
 > and 9600/8n1, generic_vga.fs and inst_vga.fs did anything useful.

serial output is disabled in *_vga.fs.

sakamoto