[ltp] New 770 user

Ajai Khattri linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 16 Oct 2003 15:41:47 -0400


Brad Langhorst wrote:

>those parameters are passed to the kernel as command line arguments 
>so it doesn't matter whether lilo or grub is doing the passing
>in grub you write 
>kernel /path/to/kernel root=/dev/hda1 vga=0x###
>while in lilo you do
>append = "vga=0x###'
>same end result
>
Ah, OK that's easy. Does this mean the framebuffer code is compiled in 
by default now?

>I really liked my 770E - great machine - enjoy!
>
Its is a good machine - especially love the feel of the keyboard though 
the ESCAPE key is too far away for me (I keep hitting F1 in vi ;-)

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Aj.
Systems Administrator / Developer