Re: Etch on sunblade 150 : installer menus problem

2007-12-18 Thread Vera Mickael
My experience : use this option to prevent the box to switch video card : boot net video=atyfb:off But display problems make it difficult to continue installation. I tried with another option : boot net video=atyfb:off DEBIAN_FRONTEND=text but the installation hangs on hardware detection So

Re: Etch on sunblade 150 : installer menus problem

2007-12-17 Thread Jim Watson
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

Re: Etch on sunblade 150 : installer menus problem

2007-12-17 Thread Didrik Madheden
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

Etch on sunblade 150 : installer menus problem

2007-12-17 Thread Vera Mickael
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 bo