I'd like to change the size and color of the text you see from the point when LILO runs to the point when X starts.

I see that the "boot text" of the recent Knoppmyth installer cds has color text and the characters are smaller than the normal boot text.

After upgrading or installing Knoppmyth into the hard drive, the boot text is then "standard white pc text" - about 80 characters wide on screen, and all-white text -no color.

How can I set my "boot text" to be smaller and color like with the Knoppmyth installer?

Eric

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KnoppMyth R5.5, Asus A8N-VM CSM (nvidia 6150 onboard video), AMD Athlon 64 dual-core 4200+, two 1GB sticks DDR 400, HD-3000 HDTV card, PVR-150 card, Iguanaworks RS-232 IR receiver/transmitter, Pioneer DVR-110 DVD burner

I'm partway there. I edited the file /etc/lilo.conf and changed the line that says "vga=normal" to "vga=788" and saved the file.
Then, when back at the command prompt, I typed:

On the next reboot, the text was small - like during the boot from the Knoppmyth cd, but it was all white text.

What is the trick to making it color?

Eric

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KnoppMyth R5.5, Asus A8N-VM CSM (nvidia 6150 onboard video), AMD Athlon 64 dual-core 4200+, two 1GB sticks DDR 400, HD-3000 HDTV card, PVR-150 card, Iguanaworks RS-232 IR receiver/transmitter, Pioneer DVR-110 DVD burner