On 01/05/13 19:02, Brian Potkin wrote: > Thank you for following up on your experience.
>> The only issue is the font on the console is set to 600x480 and not 1024x768 >> or even 1280x1024. I usually put this in /etc/default/grub: GRUB_GFXMODE=1280x1024 GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1280x1024 It seems to be the neatest way. > TAB at the boot menu and vga=791 or vga=794 on the kernel command line. I thought vga was deprecated. What I do notice is things like systemrescuecd and parted-magic manage to get the console fonts right. Debian doesn't seem to try. I like to have a really small font at boot time - it gives a chance to read the messages before they disappear off the top. >> Before I reinstalled with the net-dist CD I wiped partition table and >> reinstalled with netboot PXE. I missed out the keyboard section again. It >> all installed OK but didn't boot - no grub. In rescue system iniramfs > > Where did GRUB install to? Or did you specify where it was to go? I > generally do the latter. MBR of the hdd I hope. Nowhere else for it to go. >> complained about no kbd. I went back to keyboard section and it immediately >> hung-up. I think there's a problem there. > > Not for much longer. Please see bug #697449. Oh good! At least I've not gone completely mad :-) Dick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
