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Calum:

quote:Originally posted by Panos:
After the boot prompt and if you pressed Enter, you should be able to see the kernel booting and immediately after the Debian text installer. Since the kernel does not even boot then I would assume that there's something wrong with the CDs you're trying to install Debian from. As you wrote, even if a distro's installer fails to detect your graphics card or controller (in your case the SiS chipset), it would automatically choose the VESA framebuffer driver and continue with that.

[ February 03, 2003: Message edited by: Panos ]
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i do see it start to boot, then the black screen you see when you startx comes up but the screen stays black. I have seen this before with this video card, the kernel has booted under that black screen i am sure of it.

will take flap's advice and post again tomorrow.
thanks for your help, chaps!

Pantso:
Sorry, for not mentioning earlier but you could just type text at the boot prompt, but I don't know if it'll work with Debian.

Calum:
ok:

results were EXACTLY as i expected.

booted debian install disk from other machine, works like a charm. i see kernel booting, screen goes black for a second BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN AN X SERVER STARTS and then i see the kernel booting up and all the start messages scrolling down the screen beneath a picture of Tux holding what looks like a paintbrush. he is obviously some sort of GUI, and i do not see him on the dodgy video card machine even though i know he is there. Next, screen goes white for a split second (dead giveaway there's an X server) and then i get what looks like a text based install. I suspect it is NOT a text based install. it just does not feel like a proper text based install of linux. i think it is an X based install that looks like a text based one.

SO how do i install debian without needing an X compatible video card????? this is driving me nuts.

Pantso:
Does typing

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at the boot prompt do anything?

PS I also posted that at void's forums a couple of minutes ago.

flap:
It's using the framebuffer device. I don't know how you'd tell it not to, though.

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