> > If the video card is old and slow, could all this extra stuff that
> > scrolls up the screen be causing the issue?  If so is there a way of
> > turning this off?
>
> Boot with the "quiet" option to quieten messages. (I think its quiet
> anyway)

Yes, just add the line:
append="quiet" to the correct section in your lilo.conf to have the
initial bootup messages turned off.  You can still access these messages
via dmesg of course.

HTH and HAND.

- Dean

ps Alan (sorry for the cc to you - I slipped;)