I remember back in '99 when Justin Georgeson wrote:
> it has an ATI 68800 AX with 1MB.
>
> I put in the boot disk, then get the boot: prompt, I hit enter, and the
> video goes wack, it looks like a video with the tracking set wrong (the
> image loops up/down the screen). Any ideas for special args to give at
> boot: prompt?
I'm not sure, since the kernel shouldn't be touching the video too
much before it has done many other things. You could try passing
the parameter vga=ask, and selecting a different text mode (ask if
you can't figure this out), but I'm not sure if this would help.
Does the screen go bazooka immediately, or can you see any text
before..
(eg
Linux version 2.1.125 (root@zarc) (gcc version 2.7.2.3) #2 Tue Oct 27 11:13:56 CST 1998
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Calibrating delay loop... 696.32 BogoMIPS
Memory: 62968k/65536k available (988k kernel code, 404k reserved, 1124k data, 52k init)
CPU: AMD K6-2 (PR233 - PR333)
...
)
Alse, have you tried hooking up an external monitor?
Matt
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