> My guess is that the windows install probably uses the same > lowest-common-denominator graphics mode (it looks like it to me) regardless > of video hardware and the Linux X-based setup is using different modes > during setup, dependent upon which video card it thinks it detects. The > Windows-based setup doesn't go into card-specific graphic modes until > installation is done. If this is the case then the x-based setup routines > should be written for a standard 640x480x16 mode, regardless of which video > hardware is detected during setup, no?...
This is exactly what I was thinking. The windows installer uses a generic 16-color, 640x480 mode ("Standard SVGA" or just "Standard VGA"?) and I've never heard of anyone having graphic-card related problems with it. Why can't someone do something similar with Linux? Is that what Corel did? -- Bart Szyszka [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:4982727 B Grafyx http://www.bgrafyx.com Join AllAdvantage.com and get paid to surf the Web! http://www.alladvantage.com/go.asp?refid=ARD582