Re: Live-run CD boot options

From: Markus Senkel (msnews_at_arcor.de)
Date: 08/25/04 

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 18:00:27 +0200

Ed Hurst wrote:

> Utter failure was the result. First, it competely ignores that switch,
> whether in lower or upper case letters. Second, when I chose text mode,
> it still tried to startx. Either the scripts are real dodgy, or my
> hardware is simply too old. As it is, I suspect it's both, since the
> boot messages (verbose mode) were inconsistent on each of the different
> attempts.

:-(

> Regarding the PCMCIA, sometimes the probe promptly failed (good answer)
> but often simply froze the system. Regardless of the resolution I
> choose, it insists on pushing to high of a horiz-freq. My monitor's
> range is 30-85, so I can't imagine what insane value the disk is trying
> to use.

Uh, eh yes...

> I don't think I'll be givning these away on SFD. I also would be
> extremely hesitant to upgrade from my current 8.2 to 9.1.

Maybe the full version (personal or prof.) will work better?

> Thanks for the advice.

I am just glad that you did not damage any of your hardware because of my
useless advice ...puh! ;-)

Good luck,
Markus

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