Hi Robert, On Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 07:09:19PM -0400, Robert A. Oram III wrote: > I run 2.4 on my Lx164 now. I recently installed 2.6.8, but am > unclear on the proper procedure to boot to it. I would like to boot to it > from the SRM console to test it, and once it works satisfactorily, set it as > the default boot. I tried leaving the kernel where it is and imitating the > stock boot command with the new path. It booted, but appeared to use the > wrong ATI video driver or something as the display was unreadable. (It > appeared to be a tiny garbled window on a black screen. I've seen windows > do the same thing on boot with an old ATI driver!) I could not proceed, and > booted back to 2.4. How should I proceed? Pointing me to the correct Man > page or a website would be helpful if this is a common problem.... At what point during the boot process does the the video become garbled? Are we talking about something that happens shortly after the initrd is loaded, or is X trying to start on the system? What does your aboot.conf look like for this? -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
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