On Wed, 27. Dec 2006, 19:44:49 +0100, Geert Stappers wrote:
> Op 26-12-2006 om 21:08 schreef Martin Lambers:
> > On Tue, 26. Dec 2006, 20:09:32 +0100, Geert Stappers wrote:
> > > A Multia has two possible bootROMs, "SRM" and "ARC".
> > > Which one did you use?
> >
> > "SRM".
>
> Okay
>
> > I noticed that the sarge installation CD shows the same error (IIRC I
> > originally installed woody from scratch and then updated to sarge later).
>
> Acknowledge
>
> > If nobody complained so far, it is likely that noone uses the Multia
> > anymore or that something is wrong with my machine (though I do not know
> > what it could be; I'm currently running a NetBSD test system but did not
> > find any problems yet).
>
> What about a thrid option?
>
> | > aboot: starting kernel boot/vmlinuz with arguments ramdisk_size=16384
> | > root=/dev/ram devfs=mount,dall
> | >
> | > Then it hangs.
>
> I think the kernel switches console.
> Bootloader messages are going to some video mode,
> kernel messages to another ...
>
> Chech the manual page of the installer for boot optitions about
> consoles, screens, video modes and such a like.
You're right: the kernel runs, but its messages do not appear, probably
because there's no framebuffer driver for the TGA card of the Multia.
> And please report back your milage
I was able to install Debian using the serial console, by booting with
the following command: "b dka600 -fl 1"
("dka600" is my CD-ROM drive. "-fl 1" activates the additional
"console=ttyS0" kernel option so that the serial console is used).
The installation went fine. I installed openssh-server as soon as
possible to be able to use ssh instead of the serial console.
(The installed system boots without "console=ttyS0" by default, so I had
to manually add it until openssh-server was installed. After that, I
booted without "console=ttyS0".)
When the system is up, I can load the driver for the TGA card with
"modprobe tgafb". The monitor switches the video mode, and I get the
following messages in the kernel log:
tgafb: DC21030 [TGA] detected, rev=0x02
tgafb: at PCI bus 0, device 11, function 0
fb0: Digital ZLXp-E1 frame buffer device at 0x2000000
But I cannot login using the framebuffer and the keyboard. I guess that
tty1-tty6 must be attached to the framebuffer and some getty processes
must be started, but I did not have the time to look into this yet.
Regards,
Martin
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