From: rgr@sdf.lonestar.org (Rob Ristroph)
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: Re[4]: [9fans] Installation fails with NVIDIA card: aux/vga does not find the card.
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 11:24:57 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87u19eedgm.fsf@rgristroph-austin.ath.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <19920271625.20030722003200@tiscali.co.uk>
>>>>> "Martin" == Martin Althoff <martin.althoff@tiscali.co.uk> writes:
Martin>
Martin> I mean the download you get directed to when "just" (sorry to
Martin> sound so simplistic) downloading plan9 at the default links
Martin> ("Download the Distribution"). This is in contrast to the
Martin> daily build (in additonal downloads the "Sources Snapshot")
Martin> that is also advertised at the Bell Labs download site.
Martin>
Martin> Hope that clarifies stuff!
It does; thanks !
Martin> I had assumed you failed with one of the snapshots. The
Martin> standard works fine for my TNT2. However I also tried with a
Martin> ATI Mach64: fine during installation, but after first "real"
Martin> boot, it just produces rubbish. Didn't pursue that as my TNT2
Martin> works fine. Except on a motherboard that has an onboard Intel
Martin> vga....
I believe I used the "standard" one. I'll try the snapshot later this
week.
Martin> As an aside - great work you did on the mbr testing. I'll
Martin> follow up on that another time. It buggers me as well and I
Martin> want to do more testing there myself. Strange thing too, that
Martin> (like with my Mach64) the install situation is not quite the
Martin> same as the HDD full boot situation. Or whatever you want to
Martin> call that ...
It's likely a matter of different kernels and aux/vga on the install
floppy versus the main system.
I'd like to fix the floppy if I get the time. I would need to test on
both large (LBA) and older smaller drives, and I would need to
investigate how to detect what MBR to put on in each case (presuming
that one needs different ones). I won't be able to fiddle with that
for a bit however.
--Rob
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-07-22 16:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-07-21 11:05 Ram'on Garc'ia Fern'andez
2003-07-21 15:09 ` David Presotto
2003-07-22 9:06 ` [9fans] Experimental floppy failed Ram'on Garc'ia Fern'andez
2003-07-21 16:06 ` [9fans] Installation fails with NVIDIA card: aux/vga does not find the card Rob Ristroph
2003-07-21 16:33 ` andrey mirtchovski
2003-07-21 17:09 ` Re[2]: " Martin Althoff
2003-07-21 17:44 ` Rob Ristroph
2003-07-21 23:32 ` Re[4]: " Martin Althoff
2003-07-22 16:24 ` Rob Ristroph [this message]
2003-07-22 18:05 ` Re[6]: " Martin Althoff
2003-07-22 9:30 ` David Presotto
2003-07-22 9:40 ` David Presotto
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