On Sunday 19 November 2000 03:46 pm, Jeff Malka wrote:
> OOPs. I changed it in the vga=normal.
>
> It seemed to work.
>
> But I will correct that by changing it in the location you indicate.
>
> Why the difference?
Local or global variable. Changing it before the boot label would
(should) make vga=xxx apply to all labels instead of just
image=/boot/vmlinuz. Notice that it doesn't appear in the non-fb
section of your lilo.conf, consequently selecting non-fb gives you a
normal boot (no Aurora).
--
Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
>
> > > Alan is absolutely right.
> > > With great trepidation, I changed my "vga=normal" entry to
> > > "vga=791" (for me) and ran lilo -v and when I rebooted, aurora
> > > was in effect. So go ahead. I was afraid that I might get in a
> > > situation where I would not be able to reboot into linux, but
> > > that did not happen.
> >
> > card to see if it supports FB. Also, in lilo.conf for example, the
> > correct place to change/add 'vga=xxx' is under
> > 'image=/boot/vmlinuz'
> >
> > boot=/dev/hda
> > map=/boot/map
> > install=/boot/boot.b
> > vga=normal <===== don't change it here
> > default=linux
> > keytable=/boot/us.klt
> > lba32
> > compact
> > prompt
> > timeout=80
> > message=/boot/message
> > menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
> > other=/dev/fd0
> > label=floppy
> > unsafe
> > image=/boot/vmlinuz
> > label=linux
> > root=/dev/hdb6
> > initrd=/boot/initrd.img
> > append=" hdd=ide-scsi"
> > vga=788 <===== change it here
> > read-only
