On 2014-07-17 07:57 +0200, Dennis Luehring wrote: > Am 17.07.2014 07:36, schrieb Sven Joachim: >> I don't think there's a linux16 command on sparc, for lack of x86 real >> mode. > > does that mean vga=ask is an x86 only feature?
According to Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt, vga=… is x86 only: ,---- | vga= [BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode | See Documentation/x86/boot.txt and | Documentation/svga.txt. | Use vga=ask for menu. | This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is | passed to the kernel using a special protocol. `---- > or does https://wiki.debian.org/GrubTransitionjust just ignores > non x86 systems by giving the advice to use linux16? It can do so, since grub1 aka grub-legacy is x86 only. Sparc used silo instead, I think the current default bootloader is grub-ieee1275 there. Cheers, Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/87zjg8lcsy....@turtle.gmx.de
