Re: Change Default mode for startup

2001-04-16 Thread michael sean edwards
on 4/15/01 8:45 PM, Michel Dänzer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > michael sean edwards wrote: >> >> Can anyone tell me how to tell Linux to boot without starting X Windows by >> default. I am using BootX on 9500 Poermac. I wasn't defautlting to X Windows >> at fir

Re: Video Argument for BootX

2001-04-15 Thread michael sean edwards
on 4/14/01 9:06 PM, Peter Cordes at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 10:18:36PM -0400, michael sean edwards wrote: >> I am having some trouble with X Windows and my video card. Its a standard >> ATI card that came with my 9500. Anyway what is the argument I need

Change Default mode for startup

2001-04-15 Thread michael sean edwards
Can anyone tell me how to tell Linux to boot without starting X Windows by default. I am using BootX on 9500 Poermac. I wasn't defautlting to X Windows at first but now it is and I have some problems to iron out with X. It basically cripples me at the moment. Thanks.

Video Argument for BootX

2001-04-13 Thread michael sean edwards
I am having some trouble with X Windows and my video card. Its a standard ATI card that came with my 9500. Anyway what is the argument I need to tell the system what my resolution and bit depth is? Thanks to anyone who can help. I tried turning off the video driver in BootX but X windows died on m

Install Grief/Powermac 9500

2001-04-11 Thread michael sean edwards
I am trying to install Debian from a hard disk partition. I cannot get the installer to find the file it wants-rescue.bin. I navigate the path to the disk to the folder the file is in and the only thing I see is .finder info and .resource. No sign of the file. I used Fetch to download the whole dir

Re: File Path Problems/9500 Install

2001-04-11 Thread michael sean edwards
n't have the entire structure duplicated from the top level, you can use > the Browse fundtion to select the /current mirror on your disk, and then it > will allow you to choose again at the second level to find the kernel, > drivers.tgz, and floppy images it needs. > > ----

File Path Problems/9500 Install

2001-04-10 Thread michael sean edwards
I can't seem to get the right files available to the installer. I am using BootX and have downloaded files to a Mac HFS partition which I mount but the installer doesn't like what it sees I guess. I am a complete newbie. Anyone help me out with this? Michael Edwards