Re: Etch on sunblade 150 : installer menus problem
I also had problems getting the kernel to load correctly over network. My solution to this was to connect the sparc over a serial console to some other box. Provided that the terminal on the other side is working correctly, the installation menus will work ok, although they'll be a bit sluggish at 9600 bps. To force the OPB into serial console mode, you need to boot without a keyboard connected. You may also need to give the command output-device without parameters in OPB before trying to do that, since otherwise OPB may ignore the fact that there's no keyboard, and still go into video mode. Tell us your results! /Didrik Madheden On 17/12/2007, Vera Mickael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I try to install etch on a sunblade 150, I reached the stage where I can see the first installer menu. For those who encountered the same problems as me, I used the boot command: boot net video=atyfb:off My problem is that the menu isn't displayed correctly, instead of colors on the border of the menu, special caracters are displayed. The screen's background is white and caracters are printed in black. I can't see which element is selected, there is no element highlighted. It's not possible to install this way. Is there an option to pass to the installer ? Is it possible to disable ncurses ? Thanks, Mickaël -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN 2ROT13 MESSAGE- Low Bitrate Netlabel: http://flb.gg8.se/ Blog: http://gameboygenius.8bitcollective.com/ SKRIVA på Lysator. Ditt Ahrvid-fria alternativ: http://lists.lysator.liu.se/mailman/listinfo/korkek?SKRIVA? Sätt på ett par flipflops, vippa på rumpan och gör det här till en minnesvärd sommar! -END 2ROT13 MESSAGE-
Re: Etch on sunblade 150 : installer menus problem
Didrik Madheden wrote: I also had problems getting the kernel to load correctly over network. My solution to this was to connect the sparc over a serial console to some other box. Provided that the terminal on the other side is working correctly, the installation menus will work ok, although they'll be a bit sluggish at 9600 bps. To force the OPB into serial console mode, you need to boot without a keyboard connected. You may also need to give the command output-device without parameters in OPB before trying to do that, since otherwise OPB may ignore the fact that there's no keyboard, and still go into video mode. Tell us your results! /Didrik Madheden On 17/12/2007, Vera Mickael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I try to install etch on a sunblade 150, I reached the stage where I can see the first installer menu. For those who encountered the same problems as me, I used the boot command: boot net video=atyfb:off My problem is that the menu isn't displayed correctly, instead of colors on the border of the menu, special caracters are displayed. The screen's background is white and caracters are printed in black. I can't see which element is selected, there is no element highlighted. It's not possible to install this way. Is there an option to pass to the installer ? Is it possible to disable ncurses ? Thanks, Mickaël I had this problem too on sunblade 100. I was able to install by taking the defaults - just keep hitting Enter - but the difficult part is the disk formatting - need to use the terminal mode (from memory Ctrl-Alt-F2 or something like that?) then run the fdisk or whatever from the command line. Maybe someone can make an installer with a later kernel - the video problem is fixed by 2.6.23-rc4. Another neat idea would be an auto- option for the installer to self-install, or is there already? jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
