Re: Console mode with >80x24 possible?

[Pierre-Antoine CHAMPIN <pachampi@lisisun1.insa-lyon.fr>]

ulisses@pusa.eleinf.uv.es wrote:
> 
> Hi eric!
> 
> On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Eric House wrote:
> 
> > Can I rebuild the kernal to use my entire display?
> you do not need to do that:
> 
> prior booting with lilo press shitft, so lilo will prompt what
> image/options you want to use, use then [TAB] to show the available
> images, then enter the following scring:
> 
> <image> vga=ask
> 
> select & test the vga mode you prefer
> 
> You can do this in a default mode if you use the 'append vga=x'
> in your /etc/lilo.conf where x is the mode you want
> 
> for more info check your /usr/doc/Manual.txt.gz
> 

Another way even more simple, if I'm not mistaking,
would be to use 'rdev' to modify the default vga mode of your kernel
image

try 'man rdev' - it's quite telling, I think

   Pierre-Antoine