Re: smaller fonts on boot

[Colin Ingram <synergizedmusic@gmail.com>]

Michal Simovic wrote:

> but that's all i could do, i don't know how to pass a command line 
> option that would actually switch to that mode.. could you give me 
> some more instruction?
> "vga" is not recognized by the grub command line..

An excerpt from my menu.lst file

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specifiv kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
# kopt=root=/dev/hda2 ro vga=259 *<------ *(append options here for 
update-grub)
## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,1)

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
##      alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
##      lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
##      altoptions=(recovery mode) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
##      howmany=7
# howmany=all

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
##      memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## ## End Default Options ##

title        Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.8-2005.05.31
root        (hd0,1)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-2005.05.31 root=/dev/hda2 ro vga=259 
<----- (append here for manual)
savedefault
boot