From: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Torvalds) Subject: Re: bootimage 98 boot video problems Date: 1 Oct 1992 21:24:54 GMT
In article <perry.24.717954911@seq.uncwil.edu> perry@seq.uncwil.edu (Steve Perry) writes:
>Hi,
> I have been using Linux since .12 and have had no problems with my
>monitor until .98. I went and got the bootimage-.98 from tsx, ftp'ed
>it to my PC (in bin mode), uncompressed it, used rawrite to put it
>on a floppy. Now when I boot from the floppy it runs thur the "Loading..."
>line ok but as soon as it starts to print out the boot up stuff, the screen
>loses it.
Argghh ... Nothing wrong with 0.98 (that part hasn't changed for a
while), but I compiled the bootimage with my monitor settings (ie
"SVGA_MODE = -DSVGA_MODE=1" in the main makefile). This probably won't
work on a non-VGA setup, and even with VGA you get the hardcoded startup
mode, which is probably not what you want.
The solution is probably to recompile the kernel with the SVGA_MODE
line uncommented, or to wait until I (or somebody else) can get a new
bootimage out the door.
Linus