New tarball available

[David Leimbach]

Just tried it on a powerbook
I am sure its working but I can't see anything due to a funky mode...

Dave
On Oct 24, 2003, at 2:19 AM, David Leimbach wrote:

> Great.!!! trying now :)
>
> Dave
> On Oct 24, 2003, at 1:34 AM, Peter Grehan wrote:
>
>> I've put up a tarball at:
>>
>>   http://people.freebsd.org/~grehan/ppc-root-102303.tbz2
>>
>> (STOP PRESS: the loader in the tarball missed out on a vital
>> isync patch: please replace with the loader at
>>   http://people.freebsd.org/~grehan/loader)
>>
>> The kernel contains a syscons module that uses the 8-bit frame buffer 
>> set
>> up by OpenFirmware, so it should look very familiar to FreeBSD/i386 
>> users.
>> It currently relies on having a USB keyboard, so if you have a system 
>> that
>> uses an ADB keyboard (e.g. early iBooks, B&W G3), then you have to 
>> either
>> attach a USB keyboard, or disable syscons at the loader prompt to use 
>> the
>> old ofw console
>>
>>    OK set hw.syscons.disable=1
>>
>>  But don't do this unless you really have to. Since USB is enabled in 
>> the
>> kernel, this doesn't work too well on boxes with USB keyboards, but 
>> then,
>> syscons is a way better console environment than ofwcons.
>>
>>  For those who haven't installed before, there's some very terse 
>> instructions
>> at:
>>
>>   http://people.freebsd.org/~grehan/install.html
>>
>> Make sure to have a strong sense of adventure and know how to use the
>> programmer's switch :-) And for kicks, syscons users should try this
>> on the console:
>>
>>  # sh /usr/share/examples/dialog/radiolist
>>
>>  ... and verify the first radio button :-) Also, check out VTY 
>> switching
>> using Alt-F? (aka Option-F?).
>>
>> later,
>>
>> Peter.
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