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- > Hello,
- >
- > I have tried the brand-new vmunix-040.713 kernel, but it, much to my
- > regret, doesn't do much on my Amiga 4000/040, though comparably a lot more
- > than previous kernels... :)
- >
- > The first problem is (probably) the AGA chipset; if I boot with it enabled,
- > the console screen that appears is a bunch of garbage. Selecting the ECS
- > setting in the 3.0 bootmenu fixes this. Typing
- >
- > 1> RunShit loadbsd.713 vmunix-040.713
- >
- > also fixes this problem. RunShit is a rather useful "getting euro-demos to
- > work"-utility. Too bad I have to use it with NetBSD :)
- >
- > Somebody better look into AGA specific problems with the console stuff...
- > Maybe the semi-(il)legal AGA hardware-banging-textfile that is 'floating
- > around' might prove helpful?
-
- ACK! I am usin ECS stuff within the CC code, and I have an ECS machine which
- runs it fine. I don't have anyway to test the console code on an AGA machine...
-
- For now it will probably work fine to simply recompile the kernel with
- the optn GRF_ECS disabled. I will look into this sometime...
-
- We may want to have this tested and possible distribute a vmunix
- that has GRF_ECS turned off. it really does not do anything but set
- DIWHIGH...
-
-
- [...]
- >
- > - Could the author of the rather handy (or so the message claimed) "raw
- > partition write"- util (I forgot its AND the author's name: sorry about
- > that) please upload it to ftp.eunet.ch? I don't have a spare HD and will
- > add NetBSD to my new HD and would like to, when possible, keep the other
- > partitions intact.. ;-)
- >
- > - Is there a way to check where you write the rootfs? I know the method to
- > calculate the blocknumber where you should write it is in the FAQ (and I
- > understand it fully), but I suppose you could also use the calculated
- > numbers with the 'devtofile' command to read the blocks you intend to
- > overwrite into a file. Can this file be examined to check if you are indeed
- > 'poking' at the right spot? What should I look for in this file?
-
- PLEASE grab device-streams.tar.gz from wuarchive.wustl.edu from the
- boing/NetBSD directory... I can't seem to get it to ftp to ftp.eunet.ch..
- it will handle all this stuff for you.
- [...]
- >
- > Many thanks in advance,
- >
- > Patrick.
- >
-
- Chris.
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