On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, Dale Scheetz wrote: > On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, Dan Bergman wrote: > > > 1. How do I set up a boot so I can boot Debian or Win95? > > Now I have to use a boot disk to get debian to boot... > > Check out loadlin in the tools path. You will need to set up config.sys > with a menu, so you can choose between Linux and Win95. Then set up > autoexec.bat to run loadlin, or win95 depending on your selection from the > menu. Check with me if you need more details. > > > > > 2. How do I change the diplay mode in XF86 from 8bit to 16bit > > color? I have a Diamond Stealth 64 Video VRAM w/ 2MB and use > > 16bit color in win95 so there shouldn't be any probs to get > > it in X too.. > > > I hesitate to say anything here, as my knowledge may be dated or just > plain incorrect. It is my understanding that the Diamond Stealth cards are > not supported due to NDAs being required by Diamond. If this has changed, > someone please correct me ;-)
Diamond did cooperate, and most of the Stealth cards are supported. I use Stealth 64's on all my linux PC's and they work under the accelerated S3 server. To choose 16 bit color, you can invoke: startx -- -bpp 16. The '--' prevents the startx front end from evaluating the -bpp option so it gets passed to X. Syrus. ---------------------------------------------------------- Syrus Nemat-Nasser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> UCSD Physics Dept.
