From: bf703@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Patrick J. Volkerding) Subject: Re: Slackware rdev doesn't set video mode. Date: 29 Aug 1993 07:53:45 GMT
In a previous article, sreekar@panix.com (Sreekar Shastry) says:
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>rdev -v /dev/hda1 -2
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>in Slackware doesn't set the video mode; it always comes up 80x25.
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>Thanks for any help.
If you're using LILO to boot your system, you should check your LILO
configuration to be sure you're not setting it for vga=normal, because
this will override the rdev. I suspect that's what you're running up
against.
Good luck!
-- Patrick Volkerding volkerdi@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu bf703@cleveland.freenet.edu