On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 12:02:27AM +0100, Louis Davies wrote: > Hi, > > I ended the building of LFS-6.7 but I noted some troubles. > I start by saying that I did non install grub but for compatibility with the > distribution of the host which is Slackware 12.2 I installed lilo and for > obvious reasons installed also bin86 and nasm. > An other thing is that I am not sure to have mounted the virtual file > systems in Chapters 7 and 8. > When I choose LFS at boot the box stops and presents the following response: > > BIOS data check successful > Undefined video mode number: 305 > Press <ENTER> to see video modes available, <SPACE> to continue, or > wait 30 sec > > If I wait 30 sec or hit the spacebar there is a regular boot process but > with very big characters. > > I don't understand at all what is the source of video mode 305. > I am asking myself if I can go forward or I have to go back and repeat all > the actions of Chapter 7, 8, and 9. > > What do you think about this situation? > > Best greetings > > Louis
I think your lfs kernel's .config is b0rken! Or, more likely, you are passing an anchronistic parameter to the kernel (in lilo.conf, perhaps vga=305). As a long-time lilo adherent I've (somewhat reluctantly) moved to grub2 on my desktops, but I very much doubt that lilo is the problem. If you have a video= or vga= parameter in lilo.conf, please try editing that file to include an extra version for your LFS kernel *without* that line (e.g. call them LFS-6.7 and LFS-6.7a : whatever fits with what you have done so far). 305 ought to be a 1024x768 vga mode (maybe only with the VESA driver - on most modern harware, people will NOT want that). Perhaps you are using a framebuffer for LFS ? Perhaps you have a screen / panel of 1024x768 but you selected a 12x22 font ? ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
