Re: Boot problem on IPC with color fb
"Stephen J. Carpenter" <sjc@delphi.com> wrote:
> > I have an IPC with a color fb card, and the kernel on the rescue disk
> > won't boot with it; right after the kernel is unpacked the screen gets
> > blue and nothing more happens, not even L1-A works. The kernel in the
> > tftpboot image doesn't have this problem.
>
> Good news and bad news.
>
> I had the SAME PROBLEM and I solved it.
>
> WHat is your PROM Version?
Sorry I forgot to tell that; it's 1.6.
/.../
> You NEED to either run B&W or upgrade the PROM...
> I don't know hwo to get a PROM upgrade...I have been looking around for my
> other IPC but no luck yet...
I solved it by dropping in the latest snapshot kernel image from
vger.rutgers.edu before the first reboot.
/Martin
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