Bug#697442: better experience with wheezy installer
On 01/05/13 19:02, Brian Potkin wrote:
> Thank you for following up on your experience.
>> The only issue is the font on the console is set to 600x480 and not 1024x768
>> or even 1280x1024.
I usually put this in /etc/default/grub:
GRUB_GFXMODE=1280x1024
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1280x1024
It seems to be the neatest way.
> TAB at the boot menu and vga=791 or vga=794 on the kernel command line.
I thought vga was deprecated.
What I do notice is things like systemrescuecd and parted-magic manage to get
the console fonts right. Debian doesn't seem to try. I like to have a
really small font at boot time - it gives a chance to read the messages before
they disappear off the top.
>> Before I reinstalled with the net-dist CD I wiped partition table and
>> reinstalled with netboot PXE. I missed out the keyboard section again. It
>> all installed OK but didn't boot - no grub. In rescue system iniramfs
>
> Where did GRUB install to? Or did you specify where it was to go? I
> generally do the latter.
MBR of the hdd I hope. Nowhere else for it to go.
>> complained about no kbd. I went back to keyboard section and it immediately
>> hung-up. I think there's a problem there.
>
> Not for much longer. Please see bug #697449.
Oh good! At least I've not gone completely mad :-)
Dick
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