On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 08:47:57 +0000
"Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sunday 27 February 2005 01:13 pm, et wrote:
> > On Sunday 27 February 2005 02:11 am, Lee Wiggers wrote:
> > > On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 22:10:57 -0800
> > >
> > > Erylon Hines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > If your laptop was "happily running 10" and an upgrade
> > > > screwed it up, I don't feel sorry for you ;>)
> > > >
> > > > e
> > >
> > > Damn! And I really wanted someone to feel sorry for me, too.
> > > No cooperation at all in this world of ours.
> > >
> > > For the record, my main box is 9.2 and won't change soon. The
> > > laptop is a toy.
> > >
> > > Also for the record, when I dl'ed the iso's and did a fresh
> > > install, then updated with the gui, as a rookie would have
> > > done, everything worked perfectly except that it wouldn't do x
> > > at 70hz. My only complaint then was the lack of a gui
> > > installer, but that's probably due to the 256m memory in the
> > > laptop.
> >
> > more likely not the 256, but what ever of that 256 is "shared
> > video memory" so to get the install, when it askes "hit enter
> > to install, or f1 for other options, hit f1 and type (without
> > the quotes, of course) "linux mem=240M" (don't foprget the last
> > capital M) if you have 256 installed memory and 'share' 16 megs
> > as video mem. or if you have 32 megs shared video mem then
> > subtract 32 from the 256, (linux mem=224M)
> >
> > > I am about to do a club update, just to see if it withstands
> > > that.
> > >
> > > Lee
>
> Lee has the same laptop I do - I had to use a small patch to
> increase video memory from 1 meg (wow!) to my current 128 megs,
> under v9.2. (I've got 512 total though). Amazingly enough, you
> can't do it from BIOS. (Dell Inspiron 1100).
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Ok DL, fess up. That's really my only complaint with the 1100.
BTW, 10.1 was really painless as long as I stayed clear of the club
dl's. No driver problems, etc.
It sure didn't care for an upgrade using the club mirrors, though.
Lee
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