Re: Powerstorm console goes blank during RH install

[Jay Estabrook digital com]

>>> furio ercolessi said:
> I am trying to install RH 6.0 on an ES40 with Powerstorm 3D30 graphics.
> I do not care about X, but my problem is that the console video
> goes blank (with the LED on the monitor blinking, probably meaning
> no video signal) just after inserting the Ramdisk floppy.
> 
> Before I bother to retry with a serial console, is there any known
> trick to get around this problem?  After all, the system booted
> from the floppy and I read all the initial diagnostics from the
> screen, so a VGA driver for this board must exist!

Try not using a RAMdisk floppy at all, via (assuming SCSI CD):

  >>> boot dva0 -file vmlinux.gz -flags "root=/dev/scd0"

Oh, and I think the generic kernel on RH 6.0 will not work correctly
on the ES40. Try the generic-up-223.img on gatekeeper.dec.com at:

	/pub/DEC/Linux-Alpha/Images/

Good luck.

--Jay++

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