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ronfleur
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« on: September 10, 2012, 03:42:15 AM »
Hi all, really happy to see some DSL activity!! I've downloaded 4.11 RC1 and tried to boot on my old P56C 166MHZ CPU to no avail...

It works fine with 4.4 but this version uses syslinux... Any chance that there will be support for syslinux?

Thanks and keep up the good work!
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« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2012, 05:58:48 PM »
Same situation here. I currently boot fine an old IBM Thinkpad with dsl-4.4.10-syslinux.iso but is dsl-4.11.rc1.iso going to work? Shall we wait for the final release of 11 for a syslinux version ?

Thanks for keeping our hardware alive  Smiley
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« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2012, 07:30:15 PM »
Give me a little time and I'll put a syslinux iso up.
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ilakast
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« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2012, 08:19:29 PM »
Amazing response  Shocked

Take your time and thanks!!
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« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2012, 02:29:20 AM »
I'll copy ilakast!!!

Thanks a million!

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« Reply #5 on: September 27, 2012, 09:17:01 PM »
Ronfleur, just in case you missed the other thread, I posted a syslinux version of dsl-4.11rc2.
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« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2012, 02:57:41 AM »
Hi John!

Thanks for the fast update!!! Will be testing during the WE.

For the moment being it boots fine; I only have to find the appropriate Xserver settings.

Ronfleur
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« Reply #7 on: October 06, 2012, 02:13:08 AM »
Mmmh! Still can't find the appropriate settings for the X server... Tried Vesa at 640 x 480 4 bit color; also tried lowram and xsetup.sh. All I get is the X from the mouse on a grey background...

Tried to see the settings in DSL4.4; I get Vesa 640 x 480 16 bits...

What's the next step?

Thanks!!!
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« Reply #8 on: October 20, 2012, 03:28:38 PM »
OK all, what is the difference between DSL 4.4.10 and 4.11RC2 for the Xvesa server?

I run DSL 4.4.10 out of the box with the graphic desktop (JWM) but not with 4.11RC2...

Please comment.

Thanks in advance!
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« Reply #9 on: October 26, 2012, 12:40:38 AM »
Ronfleur, Xvesa is the same from the previous version -- there should be no difference.  Perhaps there is a clash with the data backup?
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