5.3-BETA1 for Alpha available

[Wilko Bulte]

On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 09:07:20PM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote..
> On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 11:31:54AM -0700, Marcel Moolenaar wrote..
> > On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 10:28:12AM -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
> > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 05:00:27PM -0700, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> > > > It may never have worked. I've had nothing but panics and problems on
> > > > my Miata whenever I wanted to use the TGA2 adapter.
> > > 
> > > I don't think we ever got testing on anything other than TGA1.
> > 
> > Does it make sense to remove syscons from GENERIC? I mean, it's annoying
> 
> No, that would be overly radical.
> 
> If TGA causes problems we should de-orbit TGA from the installkernel.
> 
> I think that a normal VGA card should not cause any problems.
> 
> Actually, I am gonna try this now...  stay tuned (my systems normally
> run from serial consoles, and that is how I tested the ISOs before
> uploading).

OK, like I assumed:  a plain VGA console on a 164sx works like a charm with
BETA1.

I mean, if something like this can boot it.. ;-)  [see attached picture]

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Wilko Bulte				wilko at FreeBSD.org