Re: Indigo2 extreem, install question
On Mon, 4 Nov 2002 23:06:09 +0100
"Thomas T. Cremers" <thomas@te.verweg.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been trying to install debian on my Indigo2 but no succes yet.
> I use the debian-mips tftboot.img to boot, it loads the image and
> try's to boot the kernel, but at that moment my Indigo2 hangs (the
> keyboard ligts flash and than nothing.) The only thing I can do is
> give it a hard reset to get it going again *ouch*.
> I get the feeling it has some thing to do with my console settings
> it's set to 'g'.
> But I can't find out what it has to be set to, I tried unsetting it,
> same problem only difrend's is that part of my grafical console goes
> black before it hangs.
> So my question is: Is it at all posible to install a indigo using a
> monitor and keyboard, or can it only be done using a serial console ?
> (perhaps there is no frame buffer support for the extreem card, wild
> gues.)
I've had the same problem a few days ago. If you've got 2 video cards,
remove one and try to boot. It worked for me and 2 friends of mine.
--
Lucas Moulin <lucaramel@yahoo.fr>
"I wish I had a shilling for every senseless killing, I'd buy a
government" -- NOFX
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