Qmail Admin writes:
> I am not sure whether this is the correct place to ask - I have some
> problems booting the Linux kernel on an Acorn RiscPC - after loading the
> kernel messes up the video mode
Can you describe that better? Do you mean that you still have a stable
picture on the screen, but it's just a mess of multi-coloured pixels, or
do you mean that the monitor becomes unstable?
> so basically you can't see anything. (I think the kernel has been loaded
> - although probably in the Video RAM
No - it might use some of the spare video RAM while loading, but it will
only run from within the first bank of the DRAM memory.
> I've tested modes 0,12,27,31. with 136MB and with 8MB system RAM.
All those modes should be ok.
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