Re[6]: [9fans] Installation fails with NVIDIA card: aux/vga does not find the card.

[Martin Althoff <martin.althoff@tiscali.co.uk>]

> I'd like to fix the floppy if I get the time.  I would need to test on
> both large (LBA) and older smaller drives, and I would need to
> investigate how to detect what MBR to put on in each case (presuming
> that one needs different ones).  I won't be able to fiddle with that
> for a bit however.

It well worth to also look in great detail at the partition table.
Use a tool of your choice. The dos prog PART (Ranish) does a good job
or fdisk from Linux. I am using Timo Linux Rescue CD. I found what
gets written into the partition table during the install has some
great variance (sorry to be vage, I'll detail it later), eg. entry
present, but no type set.

Can you or anybody tell me what prog/script actually controlls the
installation process? I mean calling fdisk, mbr, displaying the
messages... I'd like to have a close look there to understand why
certain errors appear. Besides, instal's are a bit of a hobby... :)