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) Samuel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
