[CentOS] [OT] Urgent request

Thu Dec 17 19:03:36 UTC 2009
William L. Maltby <CentOS4Bill at triad.rr.com>

On Thu, 2009-12-17 at 13:29 -0500, tdukes at sc.rr.com wrote:
> ---- m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: 
> <snip>

> We have been searching the internet since Tuesday.
> 
> We have already tried installing a video card, that didn't work.  The beeps at start up indicate to check the video ram. It will boot and run if we put it in another pc. 
> 
> The server is running c-sytems software on a sco operating system.  They tell us we can't pull the hard drive and move it to another pc - something about a bug causing it to lose data.
> 
> I've been running linux systems since the late 80's.  I have never heard of this but then, I have never run a sco system either.
> 
> Any help or suggestions?

Some BIOS allow you to disable on-board video. Can you get to BIOS and
see? If you can that might get you going with another video card added
to the system.

> <snip>

HTH
-- 
Bill