Re: Another Grub question/problem

2000-12-28 Thread Brian May
> "Cristian" == Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> cat /proc/cmdline auto rw root=/dev/nfs video=788 >> nfsaddrs=192.168.87.130:192.168.87.129:192.168.87.129:255.255.255.0: Cristian> ^ Cristian> Am I seei

Re: Another Grub question/problem

2000-12-28 Thread Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn
On 28 Dec 2000, Brian May wrote: > > "Hamish" == Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hamish> On Wed, Dec 27, 2000 at 03:23:52PM +1100, Brian May wrote: > >> still haven't tried 2.2.18. The video= options seems to be > >> completely ignored, and Linux boots up as if it wa

Re: Another Grub question/problem

2000-12-27 Thread Brian May
> "Hamish" == Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hamish> On Wed, Dec 27, 2000 at 03:23:52PM +1100, Brian May wrote: >> still haven't tried 2.2.18. The video= options seems to be >> completely ignored, and Linux boots up as if it wasn't there. Hamish> Did you check /pro

Re: Another Grub question/problem

2000-12-27 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, Dec 27, 2000 at 03:23:52PM +1100, Brian May wrote: > still haven't tried 2.2.18. The video= options seems to be completely > ignored, and Linux boots up as if it wasn't there. Did you check /proc/cmdline to see if grub actually passed it to the kernel? Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[E

Re: Another Grub question/problem

2000-12-27 Thread Malcolm Parsons
On Wed, Dec 27, 2000 at 03:23:52PM +1100, Brian May wrote: > At the moment I have: > > kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.17 root=/dev/hda1 video=0x319 try: kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.17 root=/dev/hda1 video=vesa:0x319

Re: Grub question/problem

2000-12-27 Thread Michael Meskes
On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 10:03:30PM +0100, Andreas Fuchs wrote: > Hm, have you tried running grub-install --recheck and then Won't run: feivel:~# grub-install --recheck install_device not specified. Usage: grub-install [OPTION] install_device Install GRUB on your drive. -h, --help

Re: Another Grub question/problem

2000-12-26 Thread Brian May
How do you start Linux via grub with frame buffer enabled? On a system with a Matrox video card, I have got it going fine (with Matrox FB driver). However, on this computer, where I need to use the VESA driver, nothing I have tried seems to work. At the moment I have: kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinu

Re: Grub question/problem

2000-12-26 Thread Andreas Fuchs
> I copied the latest grub files to /boot/grub reinstalled and rebooted. but > grub won't boot my machine. All I get is the message "Loading stage1.5" and > then the machine stands still. No error message whatsoever. Using lilo or a > boot floppy as works well. Hm, have you tried running grub-ins

Grub question/problem

2000-12-26 Thread Michael Meskes
A while ago I tested grub but decided against it since I needed a bios mapping to get M$ software running and that didn't work with grub but with lilo. Now I got myself some new hardware so I could make a complete machine running my second disk and no need anymore to switch drives. I copied the l