If your machine includes unsupported hardware that causes problems
for Zeta, you need to enter the boot options menu.
If it turns out that you need to invoke one of these options every
time you boot (which is rare), you can make these options permanent.
In Zeta, look in /boot/home/config/settings/kernel/drivers/sample
and you'll find the following files:
- ata.sample
- atapi.sample
- awe64 kernel.sample
- vesa.sample
Each of them includes various options relating to the boot-time
parameters. You should be able to determine what each of them do
by opening them in a text editor. If you want to activate one of
the options in these files, copy it to /boot/home/config/settings/kernel/drivers
and uncomment (remove the "#") any lines you want to activate.
kernel.sample includes options mirroring the choices shown in the
boot options menu, while the others will let you configure specific
sound card settings, set vesa modes for graphics cards, and set
advanced options for ATA and ATAPI devices. You can also use the
virtual_memory file to establish a swap file of a smaller or larger
size than the GUI Virtual Memory preferences panel will allow. Note
that setting your swap file to a lower size than recommended will
probably impact performance, and is not recommended.
For unsupported graphic cards yellowTAB has developed a VESA Configuration
tool that lets you easily set the Resolution and Depth
of color through pop down menus:
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You can choose between the following resolutions:
Resolution: |
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Monitor Size: |
640 x 480 |
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14" or less |
800 x 600 |
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15" |
1024 x 768 |
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17" |
And you can choose between having 256 colors or thousands of colors.
By pressing OK, the tool will create the file /boot/home/config/settings/kernel/drivers/vesa
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