Re: set boot parameter vga=ask before debian wheezy 7.6 dvd install

2014-07-18 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 17 Jul 2014 01:36:07 -0400 (EDT), Sven Joachim wrote: I don't think there's a linux16 command on sparc, for lack of x86 real mode. ... There is no lilo for sparc since lilo is written in x86 assembly. You are absolutely right. Somehow, I missed the fact that he was using sparc. I

Re: set boot parameter vga=ask before debian wheezy 7.6 dvd install

2014-07-17 Thread Reco
Hi. On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 07:57:39AM +0200, Dennis Luehring wrote: Am 17.07.2014 07:36, schrieb Sven Joachim: I don't think there's a linux16 command on sparc, for lack of x86 real mode. does that mean vga=ask is an x86 only feature? It depends on grub-legacy, that's for sure. or

Re: set boot parameter vga=ask before debian wheezy 7.6 dvd install

2014-07-17 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2014-07-17 07:57 +0200, Dennis Luehring wrote: Am 17.07.2014 07:36, schrieb Sven Joachim: I don't think there's a linux16 command on sparc, for lack of x86 real mode. does that mean vga=ask is an x86 only feature? According to Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt, vga=… is x86 only:

set boot parameter vga=ask before debian wheezy 7.6 dvd install

2014-07-16 Thread Dennis Luehring
i try to install an qemu-sparc version of debian wheezy 7.6 (dvd-iso) the qemu graphics emulation is not full ready yet (freezing very early, textmode works) so i want to try using the vga=ask boot parameter if there is a working framebuffer variant but the vga=ask parameter seems to be

Re: set boot parameter vga=ask before debian wheezy 7.6 dvd install

2014-07-16 Thread Stephen Powell
On Wed, 16 Jul 2014 03:41:26 -0400 (EDT), Dennis Luehring wrote: i try to install an qemu-sparc version of debian wheezy 7.6 (dvd-iso) the qemu graphics emulation is not full ready yet (freezing very early, textmode works) so i want to try using the vga=ask boot parameter if there is a

Re: set boot parameter vga=ask before debian wheezy 7.6 dvd install

2014-07-16 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2014-07-17 01:22 +0200, Stephen Powell wrote: On Wed, 16 Jul 2014 03:41:26 -0400 (EDT), Dennis Luehring wrote: i try to install an qemu-sparc version of debian wheezy 7.6 (dvd-iso) the qemu graphics emulation is not full ready yet (freezing very early, textmode works) so i want to try

Re: set boot parameter vga=ask before debian wheezy 7.6 dvd install

2014-07-16 Thread Dennis Luehring
Am 17.07.2014 07:36, schrieb Sven Joachim: I don't think there's a linux16 command on sparc, for lack of x86 real mode. does that mean vga=ask is an x86 only feature? or does https://wiki.debian.org/GrubTransitionjust just ignores non x86 systems by giving the advice to use linux16? would