On Sun, Oct 26, 2003 at 12:05:54PM +1000, Alan Watson wrote:
> Silly me I forgot to put a vga=xxx in lilo.conf - Thanks
> 
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> From: "Paul Fraser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 7:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Video Mode error on boot
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> > Well... what's the vga and/or video mode line you're passing to the kernel
> when you boot?
Yup. eg, root=/dev/hda3 vga=791 etc...

> >
> > On Sat, Oct 25, 2003 at 07:05:48PM +1000, Alan Watson wrote:
> > > When I boot Linux I get the message "You passed an undefined mode
> number" I am then asked to hit space to continue or enter to select a video
> mode.
> > >
> > > When I hit enter I am presented with:
> > >
> > > Video Adapter: VESA VGA
> > > Mode: COLSxROWS
> > > 0 0F00 80x25
> > > 1 0F01 80x50
> > > etc, etc, up to
> > > 8 030A 132x43
> > >
> > > Enter mode number or 'scan':
> > >
> > > I was wondering what I need to do to get rid of this message. What did I
> miss when installing?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Alan
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