> On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 07:04:47PM +0200, Patrick wrote
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to get smaller fonts at boot time like the live cd
>
> Actually, you can do that on a plain ordinary text console. See my
> webpage http://www.waltdnes.org/tips_and_tricks/textmodes.html
> Here's a snippet from my make menuconfig
>
> Device drivers --->
> Graphics support --->
> [ ] Support for frame buffer devices
> Console display driver support --->
> --- VGA text console
> [*] Video mode selection support
>
> That's right, *NO* frame buffer support, but you can probably leave it
> enabled if you wish. But you must have "Video mode selection support"
> enabled. In lilo or grub, specify VGA=6 which gives a text console 640
> pixels across by 480 scanlines. It uses the old CGA (8x8) font by
> default. This gives 80 columns X 60 rows, but is painfull to read,
> unless you have a honking big display. However, you can select any font
> in the directory /usr/share/consolefonts by invoking it in /etc/rc.conf.
> My /etc/rc.conf contains the line...
>
> CONSOLEFONT="lat1-10"
>
> That's 8 x 10 pixels on a 640 x 480 text console, giving 80 x 48 (YES!)
> text console mode. The 10-pixel-high font is much easier on the eyes
> than the 8 x 8 CGA font on 640 x 400 mode, which gives 80 x 50 text
> display ("mode co80,50" in DOS).
>
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> Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> An infinite number of monkeys pounding away on keyboards will
> eventually produce a report showing that Windows is more secure,
> and has a lower TCO, than linux.
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>
Workt perfect
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