* Fw: [9fans] Any way to install plan 9 with "Intel810 Video Acclerator"
@ 2001-01-12 16:58 matt heath
2001-01-12 17:16 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-01-15 10:01 ` Fw: [9fans] Any way to install plan 9 with "Intel810 Video Douglas A. Gwyn
0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: matt heath @ 2001-01-12 16:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
> > Good luck. I note that the until recently, XFree86 required a special
> > compilation module to support this particular Intel chip.
and it's implementation is poor there
I just had 4 months of the damn chip (they are in the packard bell
everything on the mb machines - I know, not my choice)
sound card too and even though the Linux driver sorted the soundcard it
couldn't understand the PCI bridge so failed miserably.
steer well clear of integrated peripherals if you want OS flexibilty
Matt
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread* Re: [9fans] Any way to install plan 9 with "Intel810 Video Acclerator" 2001-01-12 16:58 Fw: [9fans] Any way to install plan 9 with "Intel810 Video Acclerator" matt heath @ 2001-01-12 17:16 ` Boyd Roberts 2001-01-15 10:01 ` Fw: [9fans] Any way to install plan 9 with "Intel810 Video Douglas A. Gwyn 1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Boyd Roberts @ 2001-01-12 17:16 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans > steer well clear of integrated peripherals if you want OS flexibilty steer well clear of USB peripherals if you wanna install plan 9 from a USB floppy. steer well clear anyway. the other night '98 told me it'd found another _processor_ when i plugged in my kodak cd burner -- yeah, right. not just once either. btw: i have a sony vaio with no internal peripherals except for the disk. i like it being 22.2mm thick. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: Fw: [9fans] Any way to install plan 9 with "Intel810 Video 2001-01-12 16:58 Fw: [9fans] Any way to install plan 9 with "Intel810 Video Acclerator" matt heath 2001-01-12 17:16 ` Boyd Roberts @ 2001-01-15 10:01 ` Douglas A. Gwyn 2001-01-16 9:43 ` Bob Solomon 1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Douglas A. Gwyn @ 2001-01-15 10:01 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans matt heath wrote: > steer well clear of integrated peripherals if you want OS flexibilty Usually the BIOS allows one to disable the on-board video and sound functions, so you can plug in suitable cards. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: Fw: [9fans] Any way to install plan 9 with "Intel810 Video 2001-01-15 10:01 ` Fw: [9fans] Any way to install plan 9 with "Intel810 Video Douglas A. Gwyn @ 2001-01-16 9:43 ` Bob Solomon 0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Bob Solomon @ 2001-01-16 9:43 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans > matt heath wrote: > > steer well clear of integrated peripherals if you want OS flexibilty > > Usually the BIOS allows one to disable the on-board video > and sound functions, so you can plug in suitable cards. > > not always. My plan9 install is on a box with what they now call a legacy style parent board; no on board video or sound modem or NIC. Easiest OS install I've done in a couple of years. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
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