Pierre Jarillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Le Mercredi 5 Novembre 2003 14:18, Guillaume Cottenceau a �crit :
> > Pierre Jarillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > When I press enter on the very first screen, the install continues in
> > > graphic mode without any problem.
> > > Is there a difference of mode between them ?
> >
> > Yes. Lilo/syslinux patches are based on vesa-1.2 and are real
> > mode code. Kernel going framebuffer is based on vesa-2.0 (linear
> > framebuffer).
> 
> Sure, you have found !
> Lilo is self-installed in text mode. 
> After the first install I have found grub by default. 
> 
> I hope a line in Errata ?

Well why not but I don't understand what was the problem. Can you
propose an errata maybe? Please submit it in the form of the
other erratas (error scenario/why/solution).

> Lilo should be pached in the future or are they hardware which don't 
> understand vesa-2.0 ? In this case, is a detection possible ?

I don't understand what you mean.

Once again, our patch to lilo and syslinux use vesa-1.2 calls (in
real mode assembly). This is typically *more* compatible than
vesa-2.0 and linear framebuffer.

-- 
Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/

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