Feb 11 16:16:30 <jimg>  To boot the debian netinst cd you have to put this into silo
Feb 11 16:16:40 <jimg>  Install video=atyfb:off
Feb 11 16:16:56 <jimg>  install as normal - let system reboot into silo
Feb 11 16:17:09 <jimg>  Linux video=atyfb:off
Feb 11 16:17:12 <jimg>  logon as root 
Feb 11 16:17:58 <jimg>  apt-get install  linux-image-2.6-sparc64-etchnhalf
Feb 11 16:18:10 <jimg>  then edit /boot/silo.conf add
Feb 11 16:18:22 <jimg>  append = "video=atyfb:1024x768@60"
Feb 11 16:18:28 <jimg>  reboot  
Feb 11 16:18:40 <jimg>  logon as root again
Feb 11 16:18:46 <jimg>  atp-get install xorg
Feb 11 16:18:54 <jimg>  edit xorg.conf
Feb 11 16:19:54 <jimg>  in the video card section add Option "ReferenceClock" "29.500MHz" after UseFBDev
Feb 11 16:19:56 <jimg>  that's it