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Re: Refresh Rate
- To: linux-il(at-nospam)cs.huji.ac.il
- Subject: Re: Refresh Rate
- From: Boaz Rymland <boaz(at-nospam)il.linuxqa.com>
- Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 10:10:44 +0200
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Yoav Bornstein wrote:
>
> Hi List !
>
> My friends computer had been ***k up, and we decided to install Mandrake 7.2 .
> After a week of using Mandrake 7.2, he says it's very good, and he even
> didn't installed his windows yet.
> But, he has problems with his LG Flatron :
> he wants to change the configuration to 85Hz@1280x1024.
> Is it possable ? (he likes big resulutions :) )
> --
> Yoav Bornstein.
> Listen to Weird Al and George Carlin, watch South Park, use Linux and have
> fun !
>
About the refresh rates, I would recommend this site:
http://zaph.com/Modeline/
(the domain seems dead as I write this. Tell me if it stays down/invalid, and
I'll post the other links).
There you'll find standard modelines for common VESA resolutions. I use this
myself. Just FYI, there are other sites with which you can optimize your refresh
rates even further, but this requires more playing and some knowledge.
About windows installation - I highly recommend you to make a boot diskette
before installing windows, AND, prepare the disk (fdisk/cfdisk/whatever)
yourself. I mean preparing and formatting(? - not sure) a vfat partition. This
is all because I once installed windows on a linux only machine (where there
existed a few free partitions) and Windows simply repartitioned the HD (!),
deleting my Linux machine (After lots of headache, I did manage to reconstruct
the partition table partially and copy the data).
I dont know about Win-ME or the like, but Windows98 (IIRC), when installed, if
it doesn't recognize fat/vfat partitions on the HD, will repartition your HD
without warning you, rendering your OS of choice useless.
Boaz.
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