----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Storey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 6:07 AM Subject: Re: Real Text-Mode > On Mon, 6 Jan 2003 03:35:50 +0100 > "Harald Wopenka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi! > > Thanks, sounds good, but Lilo complains about a parameter "video" in > > lilo.conf. Did you enter it somewhere else? > > regards, Harry > > Dear Harry, > > I use Grub rather than Lilo. I'd be surprised if this parameter is > Grub-specific, but anyway, the following is my Debian setting in > /boot/grub/menu.lst: > > title Debian > root (hd0,7) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.19 root=/dev/hda8 ro video=vga16:off > savedefault > > If you still can't get it to work, perhaps you should show us your > entire lilo.conf? > > regards, > Robert > >
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Harald Wopenka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 6:22 AM Subject: Re: Real Text-Mode > On Sunday 05 January 2003 07:35 pm, Harald Wopenka wrote: > > Hi! > > Thanks, sounds good, but Lilo complains about a parameter "video" in > > lilo.conf. Did you enter it somewhere else? > > regards, Harry > > My first stanza looks like this: > ========================= > image=/boot/vmlinuz > label=linux > root=/dev/hda5 > initrd=/boot/initrd.img > append="quiet devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi" > vga=normal > read-only > ========================= Thanks to both of you! - The solution was a mixture of your recommendations: append="video=vga16:off" Debian does no longer boot in graphic-mode. However: It uses 80x50 textmode. - My aim is the 80x25-textmode. I tried to find a list of possible parameters for "video" in the internet, but didn't find them. Do you know a source? Regards, Harry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
