it is faster....

[Eric "Shubes"]

Michael Havens wrote:
> Well, I was loading Mepis 6.0 with the default options and that is what was 
> messing things up. The default options are:
> 
> 	root=dev/hda1 nomce quiet vga=normal acpi=off apm=power_off noacpi
> 
> I loaded it from the CD as as SMALL (older computer) and those options are 	
> 
> 	init=/etc/init apm=power_off vga=normal nomce acpi=off pnpbios=off 
> 	ide=nodma quiet xdrvr=vesa xres=800x600
> 
> I figure that the init line has to do with it being a live cd and now I know 
> why it thinks my video card isn't a nvidiea. That got me to thinking about 
> how I don't know what the options are really and that there are probably 
> others to optimize my system. So that is what I am asking you all about.
> 
> One final point: what would happen if I change pnpbios to on?

That depends on whether your bios is PNP capable or not. If it is, by all
means, turn it on. If it's not, definitely leave the setting off.

> And how would I 
> put a final resolution into my boot up so I do not have to type all off the 
> options in?

The kernel options are specified on the kernel line in your grub menu.lst file.

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-Eric 'shubes'