Re: Debian-6 booting on old host.

2011-07-09 Thread Sthu Deus
Thank You for Your time and answer, Andrei: >It doesn't matter, just make sure you use the text mode, not graphical >mode. How to do that? From the menu of a DVD there is just an option - "rescue mode" then it load in some graphical mode, though output is text only - but that's another mode from

Re: Debian-6 booting on old host.

2011-03-08 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Lu, 07 mar 11, 03:35:09, sthu deus wrote: > > > > Yes, do a non-graphical install. > > I forgot to mention - I use rescue mode. It doesn't matter, just make sure you use the text mode, not graphical mode. Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://list

Re: Debian-6 booting on old host.

2011-03-07 Thread sthu deus
>> I can not boot Debian 6 on a very old machine - its screen simply >> distorted - just multiple lines. - I have investigated before, here, on >> the list, and it was fond at that time that the problem was in X server >> settings - too high color depth by default, so that adjusting of the >> appro

Re: Debian-6 booting on old host.

2011-03-06 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Du, 06 mar 11, 19:20:52, Sthu Deus wrote: > Good time of day. > > > I can not boot Debian 6 on a very old machine - its screen simply > distorted - just multiple lines. - I have investigated before, here, on > the list, and it was fond at that time that the problem was in X server > settings -