Bootup console screen size problem

[Michael Ben-Gershon]

In my previous version of Linux (RH 7.2) I had a kernel
parameter vga=1 to set an 80x50 console screen for bootup. I have
done this with GRUB/Fedora, but this is reset to 80x25 when
the default font is set. I tried commenting out the lines
which do this in rc.sysinit but the size gets changed again
later on.

Surely there must be a way of doing this in a manner which does
not require hacking deep into the startup system?

Any help would be MUCH appreciated.

Michael Ben-Gershon
mybg(a)netvision.net.il