I'm not sure if this will work on your hardware, but
you might want to give this a shot, then reboot.
rdev -v /boot/your_kernel -3
[root@box src]# rdev --help
usage: rdev [ -rsv ] [ -o OFFSET ] [ IMAGE [ VALUE [ OFFSET ] ] ]
rdev /dev/fd0 (or rdev /linux, etc.) displays the current ROOT device
rdev /dev/fd0 /dev/hda2 sets ROOT to /dev/hda2
rdev -R /dev/fd0 1 set the ROOTFLAGS (readonly status)
rdev -s /dev/fd0 /dev/hda2 set the SWAP device
rdev -r /dev/fd0 627 set the RAMDISK size
rdev -v /dev/fd0 1 set the bootup VIDEOMODE
rdev -o N ... use the byte offset N
rootflags ... same as rdev -R
swapdev ... same as rdev -s
ramsize ... same as rdev -r
vidmode ... same as rdev -v
Note: video modes are: -3=Ask, -2=Extended, -1=NormalVga, 1=key1,
2=key2,...
use -R 1 to mount root readonly, -R 0 for read/write.
On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, [iso-8859-1] Fabrice Ch�rod wrote:
> Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 17:31:46 -0000
> From: "[iso-8859-1] Fabrice Ch�rod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Linux Alpha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Linux console on 164SX Alpha
>
> Hello
>
> I'm now running Debian GNU/Linux on an Alpha PC164SX based box,
> starting up using on-disk MILO.
>
> I'd like to know how, if possible, to get the console to 80x50
> instead of 80x25.
>
> On my PC/x86, I just had to add the VGA=1 line to the "lilo.conf"
> file for LILO.
>
> thanks for any help,
> fab'
>
>
