Samuel Thibault <sthiba...@debian.org> writes: > Christian PERRIER, le Sat 20 Nov 2010 08:19:31 +0100, a écrit : > >> Jeff, le Fri 19 Nov 2010 20:22:40 -0500, a écrit : >> >>> Later, I tried pressing TAB to change boot options and discovered that a >>> "vga=" option was being added by default. Removing this option allowed the >>> installer to proceed. >>> >>> Strangely enough, once the installation completed, the default options allow >>> the system to boot with no display probems AND the console font changes >>> successfully (although I still have an 80x25 console.) Therefore, it >>> appears that the installer's default options are more aggressive than the >>> default options of the installed system. This seems backwards, because >>> someone choosing the textmode installer wants the most conservative display >>> settings to maximize the probability of success. > > The boot menu item does not say "textmode installer". To really get text > mode installation, see the F8 help screen: vga=normal (to avoid the > vga=788 parameter), and fb=false to really have a textmode installer > (but then not be presented languages like chinese). > >> Reassigning to debian-installer as this is about boot options passed >> to the kernel. >> >> Dunno if we should drop the vga= setting or not.... > > I think that at best we just need to document that "Installer" is not a > pure textmode installer choice, possibly by adding a "Textmode install" > item in the boot menu (using fb=false vga=normal)
Something like that would work for grub, which has no graphical splash screen but too late for isolinux on the optical installer media: cf. #509662 for example. -- Thanks, Feri. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87eiaf9e8j....@tac.ki.iif.hu
