Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 19 Dec 1998 10:52:39 -0000 (GMT) | From | Simon Kenyon <> | Subject | Re: fbdev and S3 chips |
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On 19-Dec-98 Phil Brutsche wrote: > Yes, it is possible - S3 has available on their web site a program called > s3vbe20.exe that will load a VESA 2.0 BIOS onto the card - works like a > charm on my S3 Virge. I've used it successfully with the vesafb > driver+loadlin. could this not be done like some of the soundcards just download the bios using a special ioctl then no dos required to boot linux (which kind of sticks in my thoat) -- simon
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