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David Leimbach leimy2k at mac.com
Fri Oct 24 02:08:05 PDT 2003


I've got the "set hw.syscons.disable=1" working now.

On Oct 24, 2003, at 3:38 AM, Peter Grehan wrote:

> Hi Dave,
>
>> Just tried it on a powerbook
>> I am sure its working but I can't see anything due to a funky mode...
>
>  What's your PowerBook model ? Would you be able to find the default
> screen size/resolution from the Ofw prompt
>

Gosh... its a second generation TiBook 667Mhz.

> e.g.
>
>   0 > dev screen
>   0 > .properties

dev screen worked ok
properties is an unknown word.


>
>  and look for width, height, depth and linebytes.
>
>  Also, try setting hw.syscons.disable=1 at the loader prompt and see 
> if it
> boots OK.
>
> later,
>
> Peter.



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