Grub and `other' OS
Harry Putnam
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Wed Oct 15 10:24:22 UTC 2003
James Drabb <JDrabb at tampabay.rr.com> writes:
>>From the file /usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt
>
> | 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024
> ----+-------------------------------------
> 256 | 0x301 0x303 0x305 0x307
> 32k | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x319
> 64k | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x31A
> 16M | 0x312 0x315 0x318 0x31B
>
> Use one of these numbers instead of the ask value for vga. On my
> laptop, I use 800x600 @ 64k by appending vga=0x314 to my kernel line
> in grub.conf.
Ah yes, this avoids those horrible looking fonts that get used at
vga=3 or 6, and the size remains in place throughout bootup.
vga=0x318 seems about right here....
Thanks.
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