Package: boot-floppies Version: stable architecture: i386 memory: 64MB scsi: no cd-rom: none network card: ne2000 compatible pcmcia: none "Adam Conrad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try "linux video=vc:8" > > (There's help for it at the boot prompt.. Somewhere in special > hardware or something like that "if you want to boot without the > framebuffer console") That did work, many thanks. Unless you guys want to have this be the default, or detect it (the presence of an MDA card only would make it reasonable, I think) this can be closed. Sorry to have bothered y'all, but I didn't figure this would relate to the FB, and #debian turned up nothing. On we go. Emile -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]