On Saturday 12 April 2003 5:20 pm, Curtis Rey wrote:
I believe that when the install cd first boots that one of a function buttons is used to pick resolution (this is different than 8.1 where the res of on the bottom of the screen) and a list/table of different res shows up that you can pick from. This feature is not obvious, but in the beta I had the same problem at first until I noticed this.
Look for a way to choose the res (e.g. 1024x768, 800x600, etc...). By default I think it often goes to 1280x1024, which on my test machine was too high. I found the way to set it and then all was well. Look for it when it 1st boots.
HTH, Curtis.
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On Friday 11 April 2003 23:09 pm, Jerome Lyles wrote:
On Friday 11 April 2003 04:42, Vince Littler wrote:
Some longstanding bug related to my hardware [I forgot what] required that I prss shift while booting from CD - that still persists. And a window came up too big on install for 640 by 480 or whatever. <snip>
I have the same problem. The install windows are too large on my LCD monitor. So far I have to install using another monitor. Does anyone have a better idea?
Thanks Curtis, you might HTH, but I can only WTH! As I said in my original email, something about my hardware [Adaptec SCSI adapter?] causes the cd boot to choke, so there is a known workaround, since 7.2 or before, of holding down the shift key, while the cd boots. this takes you straight to a later screen. [SuSE take note - this hold down the shift key workaround, lasting from 7.2 to 8.2 NEEDS FIXING, or it might bite you in the bum about release 10.2, when somebody inadvertently takes out the workaround, not knowing what it is for and leaves the Adaptec 2940 people high and dry]. But I did just try the CD in another PC, and Curtis, you are right, the first screen allows you to set resolution with F2. regards Vince Littler