Thus spake Mark Seven Smith: > I ordered install CD's for Debian (prob. a year ago), and > found that my video card wasn't supported...it WAS > supported in Red Hat, and SuSE, so I used SuSE for awhile > (I had used RH5.2 and 6.1 before that), and now I am > running RH7.1. > > What I WANT to do, is to install the latest Debian version > onto a second hard drive that I have; then I will put that > hard drive as drive hda, and use the second drive (the one > that now has Red Hat) as my /home directory. > > That being said--what I want to know is, first of all, is > how can I install Debian on my second drive, without having > to go through the install procedure (which is incompatible > in *text mode* with my video card)? > > Also which version of Debian should I use? (What I am > going to do once I have Debian working, is to install the > latest version of XFree86; it has full support for my video > card, which is an ATI Rage 128). > > This has been asked many times on this list I am sure; if > you could just give me some links to the right pages > (FAQ's, HOWTO's, or whatever), it would be greatly > appreciated. I have read the help and the installation > instructions on the Debian site until I have begun to bleed > from my eyeballs; but everything seems to be geared toward > getting you to the point of running the installation > program (which runs automatically when you boot the > installation CD). And this seems to go bonkers with my > card! > > I would suspect that my video card is bad--but I am using > it right now, in Red Hat 7.1, and it is working fine. > > I would purchase a new card; but I'm poor! <g!> > > My system is an ABIT motherboard with 256 MB, 2 6-gig > HDD's, D-Link 530-TX 10/100 ethernet card, PII, Cox@Home > cable modem, ATI Rage 128 video card > > Thanks in advance, > > --Mark VII That is odd - I have the same card, and I installed from a slink disk without a hitch. Works fine in both text and X4 - X3 didn't do so well, though. If you can see the BIOS messages, then your card should work for standard VGA/SVGA stuff. Maybe your install set is bad? I don't know. Good luck, Steve -- Clones are people two.
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