Re: IMS TT video issues
On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 07:45:13PM -0700, Angus Duggan wrote:
> A final comment about the install process: it would have been much easier if
> the Debian on PowerPC installation Manual had mentioned "nvsetenv" somewhere.
> I wasted a lot of time rebooting and trying to type blind at prompts because
> OpenFirmware input and output was connected to the serial port. This
> installation was a complete replacement for MacOS, by the time I found out I
> needed to change the OpenFirmware settings it was too late to run bootvars.
> The 2.2 installation kernel was booting however, I could have used nvsetenv
> much earlier to reset the output and input device.
We stayed away from nvsetenv because we couldn't attempt to cover all
the ways it could be used. But I agree, a mention would be useful; I
added one in CVS.
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