[ltp] TP 600 RH8 console question

zongliang li linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 25 Mar 2003 8:52:32 -0800


Thor Heglund,=C4=FA=BA=C3=A3=A1

=09add command line in you Linux boot loader.
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>Howdy,
>
>I'm running Redhat 8 on a thinkpad 600 (264545u) and am 
>wondering how to change the size of my console (virtual 
>terminal?) Right now it is 80x25, but it's in the middle of 
>the screen, I can hit the Fn-F8 key combo to expand the 
>screen but that isn't my ideal solution. I've done some 
>googling and found out how to change it if I'm using LILO 
>but I'm using GRUB and can't find any relevant information. 
>I've found a package called SVGATextMode but I'm not sure if 
>that is what I want either. I just want to be able to use 
>the whole screen while in a virtual terminal.
>
>Thanks
>
>Thor
>
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