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From: Jason Warm <jwarm@××××××.com>
To: Eric Olinger <EvvL@××××××××××.net>
Cc: gentoo-ppc-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Installing Gentoo on Old World PPC
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 12:34:57
Message-Id: 55835.65.205.179.130.1087475651.squirrel@www.miasys.com
1 Eric,
2 I have tried all 3 of the options lines listed below. All wind up with
3 the same result. Penguin shows kin the upper left corner then the screen
4 goes blank and nothing seems to happen.
5
6 rw init=/linuxrc cdroot video=ofonly
7 rw init=/linuxrc cdroot video=atyfb:vmode:14
8 rw init=/linuxrc cdroot video=atyfb:vmode:14 looptype=gcloop
9
10 Any other ideas?
11
12 Jason
13
14 Eric Olinger said:
15 > On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 15:47:22 -0400 (EDT)
16 > "Jason Warm" <jwarm@××××××.com> wrote:
17 >
18 >> Kind of new to linux, can you tell me exactly how that line would look
19 >> for it to contain multiple options.
20 > You use spaces to separate the kernel options and you use colons for
21 > separating out sub options. Usually used in the video options but there
22 > can be other sub option separators deepening on the driver that your
23 > passing options to.
24 >
25 >> So would the options line be simply...
26 >> rw init=/linuxrc cdroot video=atyfb:vmode:14
27 > Yup, that'd be correct.
28 >
29 >
30 > --
31 > Eric Olinger
32 >
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35 >
36 > Give a man a password, he'll log in for a day. Teach him to code, and he
37 > will hack his way in...
38 >
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