[ILUG] Linux on DELL Machies

[Peter McEvoy]

On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 10:03:19PM +0100, Ronan Cunniffe wrote:
> > > > An alternative solution is a little program available at
> > > > http://www.chzsoft.com.ar/855patch.html -- there are one or two
> > > > scare stories about downgrading the BIOS which put me off doing
> > > > that.
> >
> > > Okaay, given that "Die Seite ist vorÃ?bergehendoffline", can somebody
> > > please feed me a copy?  I have a Dell D505 (i855GM) and the VESA modes
> > > suck quite a lot.
> >
> > I used the 855wrap (as againse patch) on a D505 there recently...
> 
> Ah, c'mon and read the post....
> 
> The website is down, it's the only source Google can find, and I don't
> HAVE patch or wrapper!

I've put the copy of 855patch I used at:

http://81.144.188.130/~pete/temp/855patch/

I've been using it for a while without any problems, using debian I put
a line in /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh like so -
/path/to/855patch 32768

Is it really hard to run a script before x starts with fedora?

--
Pete