Re: Booting video mode

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> Is it possible to boot the kernel with a SVGA board using more than 480 scanlines? It would be nice to have, say a 132x60
> chars mode with 8x12 or bigger fonts... or maybe a lowres mode with high-quality fonts.. say 80x25 chars with 16x32 fonts..

If your BIOS supports such modes, there is no problem -- just enter
the mode number. In all other cases, feel free to use SVGATextMode instead.

Have a nice fortnight

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Martin `MJ' Mares   <mj@ucw.cz>   http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/
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