> 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?
Multi-coloured pixels (and in some of the modes the monitor seems like with
lost sync - although with the RiscOS works fine in all modes).
> > 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.
Now - as it is RiscPC 233T (improved RPC700) - is the RiscPC kernel from the
ARM Linux homepage the correct one ?
-- Boris
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