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Re: Debian-6 booting on old host.



On Du, 06 mar 11, 19:20:52, Sthu Deus wrote:
> Good time of day.
> 
> 
> I can not boot Debian 6 on a very old machine - its screen simply
> distorted - just multiple lines. - I have investigated before, here, on
> the list, and it was fond at that time that the problem was in X server
> settings - too high color depth by default, so that adjusting of the
> appropriate parameter did help. So, I suppose that X server is used at
> boot time even if rescue mode is chosen at the initial menu. - Though
> i'm not sure.
> 
> Nevertheless, if You have *any ideas* that may help, please make known.

Yes, do a non-graphical install.

Regards,
Andrei
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