From: eichin@athena.mit.edu (Mark Eichin) Subject: Re: SLS Installed, But Wont Boot Date: 28 Dec 1992 01:43:42 GMT
>> Also, it zips past the VGA selection menu and makes a choice but
>> can't set it up right (I have a laptop with a Cirrus chip). It stays
>> in 80x25 but thinks it has more lines. To see what the last lines
>> are after it hangs, I have to ctrl-break it...
rdev -v /dev/fd0 -1
will set the SLS boot floppy video type to "NormalVga" (assuming it is
still in the drive, ie. /dev/fd0) which should give you 80x25 and not
go into any of the "advanced" modes. (I have the same problem on a
DECpc 320P laptop -- when set to prompt, there are 2 or 3 available
ones, but none of them change the actual screen size. X does run on
it, given the right XConfig...) If you use -3 instead of -1 it will
prompt you at boot time, then at boot up just hit space and you should
be alright.
_Mark_ <eichin@athena.mit.edu>
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