Bootup console screen size problem

[Michael Ben-Gershon]

Scott Stevens wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-02-01 at 06:30, Michael Ben-Gershon wrote: 
> 
>>>Try putting something like:
>>>
>>>    SYSFONT="LatArCyrHeb-08"
>>>
>>>in the file /etc/sysconfig/i18n.
>>
>>The file already has:
>>
>>SYSFONT="latarcyrheb-sun16"
>>
>>Is that the problem? Should I be changing that to what you gave above?
> 
> 
> That's what I did (replace the existing line).  If you look in
> /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit, you'll see where it sets the console font to the
> value of SYSFONT.  That's the point during bootup at which you're seeing
> the font change back to the bigger size.

Thanks a lot. That did the trick. I think it ought to go into a FAQ
somewhere, as I found a number of such questions when trawling with
Google looking for an answer, but no satisfactory answers!

Michael Ben-Gershon
mybg at netvision.net.il