Hi,
About the screen problem:
I don't know that model, but in earlier laptops, text mode wouldn't
fill the whole screen (pixels weren't "expanded"), and that may be the
reason of your problem.
Under Linux, many "text modes" are actually graphic modes
(framebuffers and such), and not pure BIOS text
I have an old Dell Latitude CPi A Laptop that has Puppy and FreeDOS installed
on it. Puppy works fine, sound and full video. But FreeDOS has problems.
First, there is no sound, which I've heard is common. According to the Dell
website, the sound controller is a "NeoMagic 2200 AC97 Codec" which is
--- On Wed, 8/26/09, ron3090 wrote:
> According to the Dell
> website, the sound controller is a "NeoMagic 2200 AC97
> Codec" which is of
> the type "Sound Blaster Emulation." Yet the sound doesn't
> work. I don't know
> the first thing about FreeDOS, other than how to navigate
> to my games. How
I have an old Dell Latitude CPi A Laptop that has Puppy and FreeDOS installed
on it. Puppy works fine, sound and full video. But FreeDOS has problems.
First, there is no sound, which I've heard is common. According to the Dell
website, the sound controller is a "NeoMagic 2200 AC97 Codec" which is
