Installation options and procedure
After booting successfully, you will be presented with the following menu:
T - Install ThinIT on this computer from CDROM
D - Install ThinIT on this computer from network
S - Test sound
N - Check for network hardware
V - Video and monitor test
G - Alter graphic card driver
K - Choose alternate kernel
A - Advanced options
R - Reboot
Before installing for the first time on a model of computer that you have not tried before,
you should test out the sound, network and video (options S, N and V). The first two are
self-explanatory. There are different video card drivers required for different video cards. In
theory the "Standard VESA video driver" should work for all cards, but unfortunately some
cards differ from the standard. For this reason, there are a few extra drivers provided that
have been found to get certain types of cards working. ThinIT should successfully guess the
correct driver. Test the current driver by choosing option V and then picking a suitable
resolution and colour depth combination (a.k.a mode). If your desired mode does not work
as hoped, try a lower resolution or lower colour depth. If you do not get any graphics on
screen, you can try alternative video card drivers. If you are unable to get any to work, then
if you send your computer to Precedence, we will attempt to get graphics to work for you.
This service will usually be chargeable.
Once you are happy with the settings and found a suitable video driver, you may choose to
install from either the CDROM or the network. You will not be given on the option of a
network installation with either the singleuser or demo versions.
If you are unable to get your video card, network card or sound card to work, please read
"Using different kernels" in the Advanced Installation Topics chapter.
Known problematic video cards
From version 1.26 onwards, the installer will try alternative video drivers if the one you
have chosen fails to work.
Intel 82810E
This chipset uses some of the main computer memory as video memory. Unfortunately,
how it does this varies from BIOS to BIOS and this often mean there is a very restricted
amount of video memory or it is not easily usable. On some machines, the VESA driver
works, whereas on others the Intel driver works better. For this reason, we recommend
you run a video test using the Intel video driver (it should be automatically selected). If
this test fails, it will try to use the standard VESA driver. Whichever driver is successful
will be used when ThinIT is installed. If you are unable to get any 16-bit graphics modes
to work, try using 8-bit. Due to BIOS memory restrictions, you may only be able to use
800x600 in 8-bit colour.
ThinIT manual v1.29 (Installation)
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