Re: Tadpole Display Settings

[Immolo <immoloism@googlemail.com>]

I managed to get around the video issue by using the boot option 
"video=atyfb:off" which allowed Debian to use the Open boot Prompt for 
it's display and have now managed to get Debian installed.

As for updating the OpenBoot on Tadpole laptops there is a guide and 
some files for your sparcbook at ftp.tadpole.com.

Hope this helps

Immolo

Martin wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 09:42 -0700, Joseph Simantov wrote:
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> > When trying to boot Debian (both 4 and 5), it doesn't go beyond the OpenBoot. 
> >
> > I tried Aurora / Corona / Fedora, and the display jams up when the first box is supposed to be displayed ("Media test")
> >
> > BTW, being aware this is not the right mailing list, would you by any chance know how I can update the OpenBoot using the Tadpole upgrade patch? (you can reply offline)
> >     
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> You may have more luck asking the Sun Rescue list:
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> http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue
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> if it is a general hardware question.
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> The general proceedure is normally either from Solaris using the
> provided tools or netbooting the firmware updater as you'd netboot a
> kernel.  Your best bet is to check the documentation that comes with it.
>
> HTH
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> Cheers,
>  - Matin
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