custom boot floppy?

[ari gold <arigold@cs.uchicago.edu>]

hello all,

me again. mr. "having problems installing" again, my screen blacks out at the
first - i.e. color/monochrome - dialogue box. the problem is that the install
process mis-identifies the chip (it seems). seems like i (to quote):

> need to get someone to get the boot-floppies source, add the patch, and
> build a custom install floppy.

if i was told how, i would do it myself. but that probably isn't the safest
way to go, seeing that i have no  experience in creating boot floppies or
hacking that kind of code.

i can make the task a bit easier (i think) because i found someone with a
similar problem and i have their patch to fix it.

any help would be greatly appreciated; as soon as i'm up and running i'll be
more than willing to help out in any manner i can. any grunt stuff, anything.

for now, i'm stuck. i've run out of options.

thank you (ahead of time),

ari
arigold@bigfoot.com