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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!newsfeeds.sol.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-feed2.bbnplanet.com!ray.com!news.ray.com!news.res.ray.com!swlnews.msd.ray.com!not-for-mail From: wag@swl.msd.ray.com (Bill Gianopoulos) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: FreeBSD 2.2-GAMMA problem with Diamond Speedstar 64 graphics adapter Date: 17 Feb 1997 14:04:58 -0500 Organization: Raytheon Company Lines: 37 Message-ID: <5eaa4q$i9@swlrd2.msd.ray.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: swlrd2.msd.ray.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35662 I recently got a used 486/33 machine for $100. I decided to try to get it to run both Windows 95 and FreeBSD, so I could use it as a backup for my Pentium system which runs both OSes. My first problem came when I needed to put in an IDE controller with an enhanced disk BIOS, as the BIOS on the motherboard did not work with disks with more than 1023 cylinders. It turned out that FreeBSD 2.1-RELEASE, which is what I am running on my Pentium, will not boot if I have the card with the enhanced disk BIOS in the System. Someone posted a response saying that it would work with 2.1.5. I tried it, and it did. My next problem was that the neither the 2.1.5 nor the 2.1.6 install floppies would recognize my IDE CED-ROM drive, so I would not be able to install from CD. However, the Feburary 5th gamma of 2.2 does recognize my CD-ROM drive, so I thought all was OK, as I would just wait for 2.2. I then bought a Diamond Speedstar 64 ISA graphics board with 1MB memory, as the board it came with only did 640x480 16 colors. Now I seem to have a new problem. Although 2.1.5 and 2.1.6 boot up OK with this graphics board, the 2.2-GAMMA install floppy does not. After it decompresses the kernel and goes to execute it, the screen displays complete garbage. I don't think there is anything wrong with the graphics card, as Windows 95 seems to display OK in all the supported resolutions and number of color options which are supposed to work with a 1MG graphics card. My Pentium system, however, which also has a Cirrus S3 based accelerated graphics card with 1MB memory boots from the 2.2-GAMMA install floppy just fine. Any ideas? -- William A. Gianopoulos; Raytheon Company gianowa@eo.ray.com -------------------------------------------------------- This is my personal opinion and not that of my employer.