From    : WENDELL WATANABE                      Number    : 201 of 202
To      : DENNIS SMITH                          Date      : 1/18/2004 6:34 PM
Subject : What's go'n on...                     Reference : NONE
Read    : 1/21/2004 11:19 PM (0 replies)        Private   : No
Conf    : 1 - Amiga


-=> WENDELL WATANABE wrote to DENNIS SMITH <=-

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> One of our group members brought his brand new AmigaOne into our
> meeting this past Sat. Nice looking but, he hasn't been able to get
> past the command line yet as it apparently doesn't support his video
> card. It seems a bit sad to me that they couldn't provide him with a
> fully working (Linux) system! Sorry, I've already forgotten wich Linux
> it was. and even who he bought his system from. I took a picture of the
> Logo, but it came out blurry. :-(

The AmigaOne, came with 2 CDs -- A1 Installer & Debian Linux 3. Even 
those who just bought the mobo, got them. I got mine from Compuquick in
Ohio. All this sounds unusual. I've installed all the software on the 
system. There's a Quickstartup Guide that comes with the 2 CDs -- all 
Eyetech references. 

Here's some boot args right from the guide:

". For an ATI Radeon 7000, 7500, 8500, or 9000 graphics card:
   
 setenv bootargs root=/dev/hda2 video=radeon:1024x768-8@70 l2cr=0x80000000

 . For Voodoo 3,4, or 5 graphics card:
 
setenv bootargs root=/dev/hda2 video=tdfx:1024x768-8@70 l2cr=0x80000000

 . For ATI Rage 128 graphics card:

setenv bootargs root=/dev/hda2 video=aty128fb:1024x768-8@70 l2cr=0x80000000

" (AmigaOne-XE Quickstart Guide [Debian Linux-PPC] v1.4 10-May-2003)

The Debian logo looks like the scroll end of a violin or chello! 

Dennis

 * Q-Blue 2.4 *  I'm going bonkers without OS4 on this AmigaOne
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