Re: Compact install fails on my hardware

[Taketoshi Sano <kgh12351@nifty.ne.jp>]

In article <[🔎] Pine.LNX.3.96.1000607231246.11629A-100000@tarot.mentasm.org>,
  at Wed, 7 Jun 2000 23:20:22 -0700 (PDT),
    on Re: Compact install fails on my hardware,
 ferret@phonewave.net writes:

> Hello.
> 
> I have an si87 custom-tweaked permedia2 card and an IBM 9504
> fixed-frequency monitor myself.
> 
> I'm pretty sure you'll want to disable the vga16 framebuffer on the rescue
> kernel. I think it initialises the hardware to 640x400@60 at boot time.
> I'm not sure what the kernel paramater to disable framebuffer is on
> 2.2.15, or even if there is such a paramater.

Try using "linux video=vc:8" on "boot:" prompt of the rescue floppy.

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  Taketoshi Sano: <sano@debian.org>,<sano@debian.or.jp>,<kgh12351@nifty.ne.jp>