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    Editing LILO

    Hello,

    While booting Knoppix 3.4, I always get an error about my video modes not being defined. In order to skip this I have to either press space or wait for 30 seconds. I learned that in order to bypass this problem I have to boot with 'vga=normal'.

    I know how to edit my lilo config file, and I tried adding 'vga=normal' to the file. However, whenever I go into root console to test lilo, I always get the error saying vga= is not valid. Has anyone ever encountered this problem before? Thanks for your help.

    Here is some text from my lilo.conf file:

    default="Knop 3.4 ker2.4"

    image=/boot/vmlinuz
    label="Knop 3.4 ker2.4"
    initrd=/boot/initrd.img
    append="ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off nomce quiet lang=us fb1024x768 myconfig=/mnt/hdc2 vga=normal"
    read-only

    and here is the error I get when I try to test LILO in the console:

    Fatal: APPEND or LITERAL may not contain "vga="

    jtsai256

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    Take the vga=normal out of the APPEND argument, and move it to
    the left margin of the lilo.conf fine, just like image=

    I believe this requirement comes with a newer version of lilo.

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    Thanks! Worked like a charm.

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