Re: Kernel configuration questions

[Gustaf Erikson <gustafe@home.se>]

Rich Payne <rdp@talisman.alphalinux.org> writes:

> What type of graphics card is in this machine? The first kernel might not
> have hung, but rather was booting nicely but you couldn't see it's output
> doe to the fact you didn't have TGA frame buffer support installed in the
> kernel.
> 
> I would guess the debian one failed as debian has changed the default root
> flags for that kernel (Chris ?) that's a guess.
> 
> --rdp
> 

I have a ZLXp-E3, 24 planes, 16MB memory. 

I saw the framebuffer option, but left it alone -- I thought that VGA
was "standard". However, I know see that one should

  Say Y here and to the driver for your graphics board below if you
  are compiling a kernel for a non-x86 architecture.

according to the help in "config".

I have a boot floppy for the old kernel, so I'll try again...

Thanks.


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