Bug#161074: APUS problem

["Christian T. Steigies" <cts@debian.org>]

On Mon, Sep 16, 2002 at 05:32:20PM +0100, Marcin Kwiatkowski wrote:
> Package: boot-floppies
> Version: 3.0.23-2002-05-21
> architecture: powerpc                                       
> model: APUS Amiga1200 BlizzardPPC 603e 200MHz NOSCSI
> memory: 64 MB
> cd-rom:        LG 40x ATAPI
> video card:    AGA
> 
> When I'm tring to install woody, I got that messages:
> [...]
> Freeing unused kernel memomry: 264k init
> init started:  BusyBox v0.60.3-pre (2002.01-22:40+0000) multi-call binary
> bogl: don't know screen type 1
> bogl: don't know screen type 1
> bogl: don't know screen type 1
> bogl: don't know screen type 1
> [continuously this message]
> 
> I use latest bootstarp (12.6.2001). I tried orginal kernel (from woody cd) and
> 2.4.18 form apus team. That's my bootstartp parameter:
> 
> DH0:LinuxApus/Kernels/Bootstrap --apus --keep-video -k
> Workbench:LinuxAPUS/Kernels/vmlinuz-2.4.18-apus -r
> Workbench:apus/bootstrap/root.bin 60nsram root=/dev/ram video=amifb:vga
> 
> What can I do with this problem?

Your hardware is not capable of displaying enough colours. This is explained
in the install manual.

>From the unofficial m68k FAQ:

# bogl: don't know screen type 0 (or 1)

Read about dbootstrap Arguments. Solution: add "nolangchooser" to your boot
options. A StartInstall script on Amiga might look like this:

amiboot-5.6 -d -k linux.bin -r root.bin root=/dev/ram video=amifb:pal nolangchooser

Christian, who just noted that his pages at http://people.debian.org/~cts/
have gone away. try:

http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:arNpOoQ8oR8C:people.debian.org/~cts/debian-m68k/woody/+nolangchooser+debian+cts&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&client=googlet