Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:52:50 -0600 From: Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net> To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Via EDEN Chipset? Message-ID: <47B4F072.5090608@denninger.net>
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Hi folks; I have an interesting little box here that *SHOULD*, in theory, look like an i386 PC to FreeBSD. It is using the VIA EDEN Chipset. I can PXE boot it and get as far as loading the kernel - it goes and gets the ACPI module. It never prints the banner however. But - I do know the code is starting, because it clears the keyboard - so it is definitely beginning execution, and it sets the cursor to a block - so it IS starting up. At that point, however, its mostly "dead" - the keyboard is still active (num and caps toggle properly, but I have no video beyond that point) I'm not sure what I'm looking for here - if I have a machine that is actually up but has had a heart attack with the built-in video (which allegedly is a VGA like thing), or what? It WILL boot and run Windows NT 4 and XP without anything "special", so in theory, I should be able to at least boot FreeBSD on it I'd think..... Anyone tried one of these monsters? Its one of the "mini-ITX" boards.... Would some sort of backtrace help (and if so, any ideas how to get it from HERE?) Sent to both -Questions and -Embedded because its not really an embedded system (it supports a regular IDE hard disk, etc) Thanks in advance. -- Karl Denninger (karl@denninger.net) http://www.denninger.net
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