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- From: ranfry@mala.proteus.qc.ca (Ranfry)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Install question - Video mode
- Message-ID: <FZEUrAdOBh107h@mala.proteus.qc.ca>
- Date: 10 Jan 93 15:52:37 GMT
- References: <1993Jan8.231419.1@opie.bgsu.edu>
- Organization: Mala's Refuge, Montreal, Canada
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- In <1993Jan8.231419.1@opie.bgsu.edu> ghensle@opie.bgsu.edu writes:
- >I finally got around to getting Linux after hearing all the good things about
- >it but I am having some trouble with it.
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- >I FTP'd the boot and root image and I was able to uncompress and rawrite them
- >to floppys but when I try and boot the bootdisk it throws my monitor into
- >a higher resolution than it can support. (Stuck with 640*480 for a while longer
- >:) )
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- >Is there a way I can make it come up in text mode or normal VGA?
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- Okay, at one point during the boot disk installation you probably will
- see the following message, "Press Enter to see SuperVGA options, or Space
- to Continue." At this point, press the space bar, NOT the return/enter
- key, this should put you in normal 25 lines per screen mode.
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