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- VGA font section is obsolete now (remark added)

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- VESA/VBE references updated
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doc/docbook/user/user.dbk
$Id: user.dbk,v 1.119 2003-05-11 19:27:03 cbothamy Exp $
$Id: user.dbk,v 1.120 2003-07-16 12:49:52 vruppert Exp $
This is the top level file for the Bochs Users Manual.
================================================================
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<row>
<entry>VESA (Display) Support</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>Currently resolutions up to 1024x768x8pp are supported (so no
16/24/32 modes). You must enable vbe and use the LGPL'ed VGABIOS.
<entry>Currently resolutions up to 1024x768x32bpp are supported.
You must enable vbe and use the LGPL'ed VGABIOS.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
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anyway, but if it is missing important pieces it may not run properly.
</para>
<para>
The RPM installation is supposed to install the VGA font for you, if
necessary. But if you are seeing errors like "Could not open vga font", then
please read <xref linkend="vgafont">.
</para>
<para>
The Bochs RPM installs four new commands and associated manual pages: bochs,
bochs-dlx, bximage and bxcommit. First, let's try out the DLX Linux demo by typing
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<entry>yes</entry>
<entry>Use VGA BIOS Extensions (VBE) by Jeroen Janssen. To take
advantage of the VBE, you must tell Bochs to use the LGPL VGA BIOS
version 0.3a or higher in the vgaromimage line of your bochsrc file.
version 0.3b or higher in the vgaromimage line of your bochsrc file.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
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<section id="vgafont"><title>Installing the VGA font (X windows only)</title>
<para>
This description will be obsolete in Bochs 2.1, since Bochs no longer requires
an external font. Now a changeable internal font is used.
</para>
<para>
In text mode, Bochs requires your X server to have access to the
VGA font. If you don't already have it, you must install it. The
file is in the source directory, called <filename>font/vga.pcf</filename>.
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<para> &FIXME; </para>
<para>
<screen>
- bochsrc, BIOS, VGABIOS, VGA font, disk images.
- bochsrc, BIOS, VGABIOS, disk images.
- (DONE) table of bochsrc options and what they do
- BIOS/VGABIOS, what do they do?
- VGA font, how to install it
- disk images
- where to find one pre-made
- make a blank one with bximage
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<para>
Current limitations:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem> <para> only 8bpp modes are supported (no 16bpp, 24bpp or 32bpp!)</para> </listitem>
<listitem> <para> 4bpp modes support is incomplete (8, 15, 16, 24 and 32bpp should work)</para> </listitem>
<listitem> <para> banked mode is very slow (if you can, just use Linear Frame Buffering instead!) </para> </listitem>
<listitem> <para> only 320x200, 640x400, 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768 are currently supported</para> </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
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========================================================================
bxcommit
Undoable Disk Image Commit Tool for Bochs
$Id: user.dbk,v 1.119 2003-05-11 19:27:03 cbothamy Exp $
$Id: user.dbk,v 1.120 2003-07-16 12:49:52 vruppert Exp $
========================================================================
What is the flat image name?
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========================================================================
bximage
Disk Image Creation Tool for Bochs
$Id: user.dbk,v 1.119 2003-05-11 19:27:03 cbothamy Exp $
$Id: user.dbk,v 1.120 2003-07-16 12:49:52 vruppert Exp $
========================================================================
Do you want to create a floppy disk image or a hard disk image?