Re: [seul-edu] RedHat install on laptop

[Roger Dingledine <arma@mit.edu>]

On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 08:21:52AM -0600, Jay Drew wrote:
> The district just bought me an IBM ThinkPad A21m (not my choice of computer)
> and I am trying to set it up with dual-boot Linux/DOS using RedHat 6.2. When
> I boot the RH disk, I get the initial install menu, the LINUX boot begins,
> but when the first window for the GUI install should appear, I get a black
> screen with vertical blue lines. (It's like it's sending a non-synced video
> signal) The video card is a Rage Mobility-M AGP card.
 
Redhat 6.2 has an old X server, which doesn't natively support that Rage
card. I have a T20, and I'm using a patched X server (patched to include
the support that X 4.0.x has) which works fine. There are alternate X
servers out there that have been patched directly by Savage for the Rage
chipset.

Use text mode for install, and then google on 'a21m linux'.

Since the a21m is relatively new and I think it's very similar to the
t20, you might also google for 't20 linux'. Sites like
http://talisman.mv.com/laptop.html are very useful.
But check to make sure that your hardware is the same for a given topic.

Hope this helps,
--Roger