[rhelv6-list] Help with kickstart %pre

[Michael Coffman]

On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Gary Gatling <gsgatlin at ncsu.edu> wrote:
> Maybe what will help is to append vga=something to the kernel boot line when
> you boot the install media. Such as:
>
> vga=785

I didn't see any difference seen when changing the vga values.

Thanks.

>
> Hope that helps,
>
> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Michael Coffman
> <michael.coffman at avagotech.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Is there a way to change the screen resolution that is used during the
>> kickstart %pre section?   I use the pre section of the kickstart on
>> RHEL4 and 5 to query the user doing the install for input.   RHEL4 and
>> 5 default to vga with fairly large fonts.   As of RHEL6 it seems to
>> discover the hardware and then adjusts the display.  The result is a
>> very tiny font.   I do installs via a pxeboot server and have tried
>> various options to the append line
>> for the pxe kernel with no affect.  Any input would be greatly appreciated
>>
>> Thanks.
>> --
>> -MichaelC
>>
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