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- From: bkuhn@cs.loyola.edu (Bradley " b " Kuhn)
- Subject: SLS problem, possible bug in 0.98 and newer kernels
- Message-ID: <BKUHN.92Dec27180239@cs.loyola.edu>
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- Organization: Loyola College in Maryland
- Distribution: comp
- Date: 27 Dec 92 18:02:39
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- I recently posted that SLS installed fine but that it died at
-
- hda :
-
- when I logged in off my new boot disk for the first time.
-
- Actually, I found (after trying the bootimage of every kernel I could find)
- that the problem occurs in all the kernels after and including 0.98. They
- doesn't have the prompt
-
- Enter <RETURN> to see SVGA modes or <SPACE> to continue:
-
- I usually hit <SPACE> in kernel 0.97 and the 0.98pl15 on SLS disk a1.
- (this is why they work.) On kernel tsx-11.mit.edu:
- pub/linux/images/bootimage.0.98 and the kernel that is written as the boot disk
- for the SLS distribution, the prompt is skipped. I immediatly get the
-
- COLUMNSxROWS:
-
- 00: ??x??
- 01: ??x??
- 02: ??x??
- 03: ??x??
- Enter the the number the corresponds to blah blah:
-
- However, the user is not allowed to answer this prompt either (it is only
- shown). I do not have SVGA, so the screen freezes when I reach the end of
- the screen (i.e. there is no scrolling). What does the screen default to
- in kernels 0.98 and after? I want to use simple VGA mode, not SVGA. How
- can I do this with the kernel that is written to the bootdisk on SLS?
- Someone *PLEASE* help! I would really like to get SLS running before the
- next semester starts. Any linux gurus have any suggestions??????
-
- (Sorry for the inaccuracy of the menus above, but I was doing it from
- memory...it should be easy to see which ones I am refering to....)
-
- Please HELP,
- brad
-
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