[SWLUG] Installation question

[Peter (dsl)]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas Adam" <thomas_adam at bonbon.net>
To: <discuss at swlug.org.uk>
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 11:31 PM
Subject: Re: [SWLUG] Installation question


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> Ok, this is a little progress. When you go to select "Install" you can
> then append to that (by way of editing the grub line, in its not so
> helpful editor) the oprtion:
>
> video=vga16:off
>
> (this is usually at the end of the line that may well look similar to:
>
> image /vmlinuz-2.4.26
>
> Then boot with that. It may well be that this does not solve your
> problem in which case you should read the "bootprompt-HOWTO"[1].
>

Sorry Thomas, I just don't see how I can do this.  I just stick the DVD in
the drive and it comes up with a menu.  There's nothing to edit and no file
system yet on my HDD.

> > take take me when I've found the magic combination?  If it's to a
> > command prompt, what do I type to get everything to restart in such a
> > way as to be able to read what's on the screen?
>
> No, the key-combination was only suggested by me in case there was no
> prompt.
>
> > Sorry if I'm sounding dense.  It's probably because I am.  Have pity.
>
> You're not being at all dense, Peter.

Are you sure?  :)

> If none of the above works, Yast
> used to have a text-only installer, but something in the back of my mind
> tells me it was ditched. Pity rea;;y. The 7.1 pro CDs of SuSE I have
> still offers the text install by default.
>
> -- Thomas Adam

I think there is a text only install option from the menu.  Maybe I should
try that.  Anyway, it's late and my wife wants to get some sleep, so I'll
try it tomorrow evening.  Any ideas about how I can configure the monitor
settings properly (I mean like, how do I know what to set them to and
stuff)?

Oh, and I realise now where the other post came from!  Sorry about that.

I'll let you know how I get on tomorrow night.

Cheers

Peter