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- From: kilroy@ms.uky.edu (Paul S. Kilroy)
- Subject: Re: New user = easy question?
- References: <1992Dec16.155706.28714@zds-oem.zds.com>
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.173134.12418@ms.uky.edu>
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 22:31:34 GMT
- Organization: Big, Dangerous Ideas, Inc.
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- benjamin@zds-oem.zds.com (Adam Benjamin) writes:
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- |Well, I thought I would "expand my horizons" and learn unix.
- |I am a Amiga and Dos wiz and would like to learn more about
- |Unix (well Linux in this case)
- |I got the FAQ's the install docs and the .98 boot and root.
- |and it almost works 8`( on my Zenith 386-20.
- |
- |When the Boot disk loads up it gives me the EGAc in the corner
- |and lists various screen modes but the text goes off the bottom
- |of the screen (at least 5 lines I would guess) I can't seem to
- |change the screen to be fewer rows. hitting any key just loads
- |the root image and it works fine too, just runs off the bottom of
- |the screen is all. Is there a way to change the number of rows
- |that linux displays? (I haven't installed it yet, just booting
- |off the floppies)
- |Also where is .99? I ftped .98 from Wuarchive (mirror site)
- |
- |Thanks, from a would be linux-er
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- | // benjamin@zds-oem.zds.com OR af987@yfn.ysu.edu
- | \X/ Adam Benjamin Insert snappy humor here
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- This is only a guess, but the same problem happened to me. I had
- remembered reading that the vesa VGA support had been dropped
- (or something like that) and I figured that was the problem..
- I think it worked under 95(or whatever the first sls was) and then
- stopped working when i upgraded to the newer sls (98.1)
-
- can anyone else comment on this??
-
- paul
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- -Paul (kilroy@ms.uky.edu)
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