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color:navy'> -<span class=SpellE>nostdlib</span> -<span class=SpellE>nostartfiles</span>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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class=GramE>..</span>/../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: section .reset [fffdfff0
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>make</span></font></span><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>: *** [<span class=SpellE>linuxbios</span>] Error 1<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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embed'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'>What do you think it is?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Sagiv</span></font></span></span><span
class=GramE><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'>.</span></font></span><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='margin-right:.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
dir=LTR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> YhLu [mailto:YhLu@tyan.com<span
class=GramE>] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent</span></b></span><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>:</span></b> </span></font><st1:date Month="12"
Day="16" Year="2004"><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span dir=LTR style='font-size:
 10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Thursday, December 16, 2004</span></font></st1:date><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span dir=LTR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> </span></font><st1:time
Hour="4" Minute="57"><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span dir=LTR style='font-size:
 10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>4:57 AM</span></font></st1:time><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span dir=LTR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Sagiv Yefet;
linuxbios@clustermatic.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: Running with VGA</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='margin-right:.5in'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span dir=LTR style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:left;direction:
ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>I commit the changes for you.
Please check it out from<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

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ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><a
href="http://snapshots.linuxbios.org/">http://snapshots.linuxbios.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:left;direction:
ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>one hour later.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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SimSun;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:left;direction:
ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-language:
ZH-CN;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;
mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'> Sagiv Yefet [mailto:sagivy@3vium.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> </span></font><st1:date
Month="12" Day="15" Year="2004"><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
 style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;
 mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>Wednesday, December 15, 2004</span></font></st1:date><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'> </span></font><st1:time Hour="0" Minute="9"><font
 size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
 mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>12:09 AM</span></font></st1:time><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> YhLu;
linuxbios@clustermatic.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: Running with VGA</span></font><span
style='mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:left;direction:
ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span
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SimSun;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>I have this definition in
targets/tyan/s2850/Config.lb:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:left;direction:
ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><b><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;font-weight:bold'>option</span></font></b><font
size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:
ZH-CN'> CONFIG_CONSOLE_BTEXT=1<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:left;direction:
ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>Not default as you wrote.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:left;direction:
ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>Is it ok? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:left;direction:
ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:left;direction:
ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>Should I had the same thing in
src/mainboard/tyan/s2850/Config.lb? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:left;direction:
ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:left;direction:
ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>Sagiv.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

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ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

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ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

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face=Arial><span dir=LTR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;
mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='margin-right:1.0in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
dir=LTR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>-----Original
Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> Yinghai Lu
[mailto:yhlu@tyan.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> </span></font><st1:date
Month="12" Day="13" Year="2004"><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span dir=LTR
 style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>Monday,
 December 13, 2004</span></font></st1:date><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
dir=LTR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>
</span></font><st1:time Hour="4" Minute="1"><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
 dir=LTR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>4:01
 AM</span></font></st1:time><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span dir=LTR
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Sagiv Yefet;
linuxbios@clustermatic.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: Running with VGA</span></font><span
dir=LTR style='mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='margin-right:1.0in'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span dir=LTR style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:
ZH-CN;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:left;direction:
ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>You need to add</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=HE dir=RTL style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-ansi-font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;
color:navy;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:left;direction:
ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:left;direction:
ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>uses CONFIG_CONSOLE_BTEXT<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:left;direction:
ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:left;direction:
ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>default CONFIG_CONSOLE_BTEXT=1<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:left;direction:
ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:left;direction:
ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>dir /drivers/ati/ragexl<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:left;direction:
ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:left;direction:
ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>after that you can get ouput in
Linuxbios after vga init.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:left;direction:
ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:left;direction:
ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>You also need to enable the btext
in Etherboot. You should use Etherboot </span></font><st1:chsdate
IsROCDate="False" IsLunarDate="False" Day="30" Month="12" Year="1899" st="on"><font
 size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:
 ZH-CN'>5.2.6</span></font></st1:chsdate><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>. it includes filo and btext
console.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:left;direction:
ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:left;direction:
ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>About kernel, you need to use
kernel patch to enable ragexl frame buffer support.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:left;direction:
ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:left;direction:
ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>YH<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:left;direction:
ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-language:
ZH-CN;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;
mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'> linuxbios-admin@clustermatic.org
[mailto:linuxbios-admin@clustermatic.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Sagiv Yefet<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> </span></font><st1:date
Month="12" Day="12" Year="2004"><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
 style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;
 mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>Sunday, December 12, 2004</span></font></st1:date><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'> </span></font><st1:time Hour="5" Minute="23"><font
 size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
 mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>5:23 AM</span></font></st1:time><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-fareast-font-family:
SimSun;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> linuxbios@clustermatic.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Running with VGA</span></font><span
style='mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:left;direction:
ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:left;direction:
ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>Hello, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:left;direction:
ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>            </span>I
am using Linux Bios on Tyan 2850. The machine is running with console.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:left;direction:
ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>            </span>I
add to the command line: "console=ttyS0,115200" and I have linux
which runs with console.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:left;direction:
ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>            </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:
.5in;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>How can I
run with VGA? Should I add some code to the bios? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:
.5in;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:left;direction:
ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>            </span>The
VGA driver is: ATI Rage XL.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:left;direction:
ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>Sagiv<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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