On Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 06:49:00PM +0800, J Michael Gilks wrote: > I am trying to install Debian Woody from disk onto a laptop with a 1024x768 > LCD screen. > The text appears to be defaulting to a 800x600 screen. > This means that instructions and menus are often displayed below the bottom > of the screen. > For instance, while partitioning the partition list is displayed, but I > cannot see the menu of choices I have made. > This is worse during package installation and configuration, when I cannot > see the prompt or any messages from the system. > Is there a boot parameter to change the screen resolution during install. > I have looked in the help system on the disk with no luck. > Any help would be greatly appreciated while I continue to search the web for > answers. > Thank you in advance. > Love > Mike.
Finding the right boot parameter will depend on your video driver. For example, for a Rage 128 driver I would search for vmode r128 in Google. -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual> | | debian-imac: <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | To Have, Give All to All (ACIM) | *----------------------------------------------------------------* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
