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dan got it sorted i tried a fresh install and on boot prompt i enter in what u said and i got the lil'baby pengy

thank you

Oh, you already did a HD install! Then you have to edit your lilo.conf file so that it boots with the right vga options.
Check out this thread:
http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....11;t=1;

thanks again

boot:linux fb800x600

You did the HD install, you say ? If so, then do the following:
sudo vi /etc/lilo.conf

Now, on the very first line of that file, there should be something that says VGA=798 or something like that. Change that so it says VGA=789. Then quit out of that (:w!q) and then run the command lilo. That'll rebuild the lilo.conf file and the next time you boot, it'll work in 800x600x24bit.

Now, if you're doing it from the CD, then from the boot: prompt, type:
knoppix vga=789 (whatever other options you want)

They both do the same thing, but one's for booting from the HD, the other's from the CD.

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