things started to look

Peter Martin mazdaracer@earthlink.net
Thu, 03 Aug 2000 07:49:49 -0700


I picked up an S3 Trio3D w/8mb.  Works except for that cursor.  Decided to
hold off a bit until I get some $$$ for more hardware and build a dedicated
system, which is what I'm really after instead of a dual-boot.



Donn Shumway wrote:

> What video card are you using? I had a similar problem with Mandrake 7.0
> using an SiS video card. Changed the card and reconfigured X and all was
> well. There was an updated driver that was supposed to ship with 7.1 to
> solve that problem, so it may have been mis-identification of the card.
>
> Donn
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Martin" <mazdaracer@earthlink.net>
> To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 12:58 AM
> Subject: things started to look
>
> > I installed both the 13GB HDD w/o the IDE removable rack. Sounded better
> > already with the vibrating having stopped.
> >
> > Looked good as I installed mandrake 7.1. Only problem was the
> > pointer/cursur was a large white block! (BTW, 13GB dos is primary
> > master, cdrom slave on IDE1 and the lone 13GB as 2nd IDE master for
> > linux).
> >
> > So now linux boots! (except for the cursor problem).  Using Lilo I then
> > wanted to get back to DOS to all my data and DOS programs. NOPE!
> > Wouldn't boot to DOS (win98). Trying to use fdisk from linux
> >     fdisk /mbr   -- unable to open mbr
> >     fdisk /dev/hds /mbr  -- gives me a bit of a help list
> >
> > If I can recover, and I really hope I can with your help! I'm keeping
> > the disks separate and removable!
> >
> > thanks again group!
> >
> >
> >
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