package: installation-reports
submitter: Joerg Jaspert <joerg@debian.org>
x-debbugs-cc: Joerg Jaspert <joerg@debian.org>
On Sat, Mar 09, 2019 at 11:52:23PM +0100, Joerg Jaspert wrote:
> with a UHD screen resolution on a thinkpad, using "Debian GNU/Linux
> buster-DI-alpha5 "Buster" - Official Snapshot amd64 DVD Binary-1
> 20190126-00:15" and trying the rescue mode after dracut killed my
> initrd, I got *tiny* fonts. Appears like 4pt or so sized. (The usual
> tiny size if something doesnt recognize UHD)
>
> But the normal install option appears "large". Readable size.
>
> The workaround is to edit the install option and put rescue/enable=true
> as an option for the kernel, and one ends up with a useful rescue mode.
>
> This applies to both, textmode and graphical.
>
> As it loads the same kernel/initrd, I guess its something the installer
> itself is doing that needs to be copied over.
>
> --
> bye, Joerg
>
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tschau,
Holger
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