I can see the yaboot prompts, but I didn't know about the "linux text
video=ofonly" option at the "boot:" prompt. I'll try this.
Thanks!
/Johan
>On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, Johan Wessberg wrote:
>...
> > Is there any way to boot to a text-only mode, much like the mode that
>> is used during "install-text" on the Install CD? If I only can get my
>> Linux system up in text mode, I can always try to proceed and try to
>> install fbdev drivers and so on...
>
>Do you see the prompts while booting? When it starts, it first prompts
>along the lines of "M" for Mac OS, "L" for Linux, and "C" for CDROM. After
>hitting L, you get another boot prompt. Try thing this at the prompt (you
>may have to type it blindly, which is why I mentioned the above boot
>choices)
>
>linux text video=ofonly
>...
>Ian White
>email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
