From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Aug 25 16:55:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA04841 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 16:55:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cimlogic.com.au (cimlog.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.51.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA04826 for ; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 16:55:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jb@cimlogic.com.au) Received: (from jb@localhost) by cimlogic.com.au (8.8.8/8.8.7) id KAA01342; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 10:05:26 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from jb) From: John Birrell Message-Id: <199808260005.KAA01342@cimlogic.com.au> Subject: Re: error when running boot disk In-Reply-To: <71B40CA7B273D0119DBF080009B46D4003E161@server5.singular.com> from John Barbee at "Aug 25, 98 04:29:28 pm" To: JBarbee@server5.singular.com (John Barbee) Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 10:05:26 +1000 (EST) Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL40 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org John Barbee wrote: > ok, with a little rs232 kluging i got a serial console up without the > graphics card. > i also looked at the card's docs and apparently it's a ZLXp-E2, not E1. > > so, should I find an E1 or are there other cards I can use. I have a MACH64 in my noname and that works, however running an X server is not possible yet with FreeBSD and limited on NetBSD. I'd suggest just telnet'ing to the box for the time being. -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message