OKUJI Yoshinori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> > Of course nothing hinders you from setting up a graphics mode the
> > "real way", but this makes it possible to use a Multiboot system
> > on a graphics card where no driver exists.
>   It is much better to write the driver, isn't it?

Yes, of course -- if the specs are available, which isn't always the
case. Besides, VESA2 is better than nothing, don't you think?

> > Yeah, I'm not at all a Linux freak, and I don't think the VESA2
> > situation is very nice, but since they "forgot" to make a real
> > protected mode interface, there's not much to it.
>   Why do you want to use VESA2 even though it sucks?

Because it's the best fallback you can have, IMO. When everything else
fails, VESA2 can still be used, and that's good.

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