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Date:      Fri, 21 Jul 2000 17:03:58 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
Cc:        obrien@NUXI.com, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 4.1-20000719-RC#2 
Message-ID:  <200007220003.RAA01882@mass.osd.bsdi.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 21 Jul 2000 14:57:03 EDT." <14712.39534.122473.899129@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> 

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> One install nit.  This box has a TGA card in it.  When I use a
> graphics console, it says: "/stand/sysinstall running as init on
> serial console"   However, its not running on the serial console.
> In fact, I/O to sysinstall seems to be going into the bitbucket.
> 
> All is fine if I set the console to serial prior to the install.
> Is this behaviour documented?

From the Alpha HARDWARE.TXT:

Please note that TGA cards are not supported as FreeBSD console display cards. 

-- 
... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his
rivals and unfortunately opponents also.  But not because people want
to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force
people to take different points of view.  [Dr. Fritz Todt]




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