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docs/bsd: improved notes about video modes

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Leah Rowe 2022-11-25 01:08:18 +00:00
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@ -37,6 +37,26 @@ If you don't plan to set up Xorg/Wayland, then that's all you really need to
do. For example, you might want to run a headless server, in which case you
probably don't mind running in text mode all the time.
OpenBSD and corebootfb
----------------------
It's still recommended to use SeaBIOS in text mode, but OpenBSD specifically
can work with SeaBIOS booting in a coreboot framebuffer, with SeaVGABIOS. In
Libreboot ROM images, this would be SeaBIOS images with `corebootfb` in the
file name.
Make sure to select MBR-style partitioning on the installer, and it will
Just Work.
If you're using the GRUB payload but SeaBIOS is available in the boot menu,
you can just select SeaBIOS at said menu, and OpenBSD will work fine.
FreeBSD and corebootfb
----------------------
Assumed broken, so please ensure that you boot with SeaBIOS payload in text
mode (lbmk ROM images with `txtmode` in the file name, not `corebootfb`).
Warnings for X11 users
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