From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 18 19:04:26 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBF6E16A4CE for ; Sat, 18 Dec 2004 19:04:26 +0000 (GMT) Received: from april.chuckr.org (april.chuckr.org [66.92.151.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48A3143D1D for ; Sat, 18 Dec 2004 19:04:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chuckr@chuckr.org) Received: from april.chuckr.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by april.chuckr.org (8.13.1/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iBIJUbUn008200; Sat, 18 Dec 2004 14:30:37 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from chuckr@chuckr.org) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost)iBIJUaZa008197; Sat, 18 Dec 2004 14:30:37 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from chuckr@chuckr.org) X-Authentication-Warning: april.chuckr.org: chuckr owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 14:30:36 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey To: Brad Hall In-Reply-To: <20041216140507.A4675@dragon.ender.com> Message-ID: <20041218142847.A1763@april.chuckr.org> References: <20041121134911.X1330@april.chuckr.org> <20041216140507.A4675@dragon.ender.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 19:04:26 -0000 On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, Brad Hall wrote: > On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 01:59:16PM -0500, Chuck Robey wrote: > > I'm trying to gete my Ultra-60 installed (2 procs, 1G ram, 2x18G scsi > > disks). I can't get off square 1: the intro screen asks me which of 5 > > options to choose for the screen, and none, not one, of them works well > > enough for me to be able to navigate at all. I have a PGX64 graphics > > card, that's what I want to use, but none of the options work. > > > > > I'm tried them all now. The line graphics do not work anywhere. The only > > one the looks even vaguely line a menu is #4, but even there, you cannot > > use the cursor keys, you have to use the letters ... the trouble is, the > > programmers evidently decided that a user would choose to use the moving > > highlighting to choose, but that feature doesn't work, and the letters are > > simply wrong, they aren't what you'd expect. > > > > For future reference: using the number keys worked well for me on my ultra5. > If there is 7 options in the menu, press 5 and it hi-lights the 5th option, > and from there you can press enter .. etc. I ran out of time before, I couldn't get the Ultra-60 installed. I'll be making my second attempt sometime in the next few days, I've been hoping that someone will have done something sane, which will actually allow one to INSTALL the software. > > -Brad > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, chuckr@chuckr.org | electronics, communications, and SF/Fantasy. New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up fictitious words in the dictionary (on the wall at my old fraternity, Signa Phi Nothing). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------