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From: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com>
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On Tuesday 29 June 2004 04:29 pm, Fr=E9d=E9ric Hardy wrote:
> Andrew L. Gould wrote:
> >On Tuesday 29 June 2004 04:14 pm, Fr=E9d=E9ric Hardy wrote:
> >>Hi,
> >>  I have just installed FreeBSD 4.10 - Release on my laptop Compaq
> >>Presario 2132. Everything's working fine, but I have a couple of
> >>doubts.
> >>1. My console does'nt cover the entire screen of my laptop. It only
> >>appears in a middle rectangular area of the screen. How do I fix
> >> this to cover the entire screen??? Some people directed my to run
> >> the 'diagnostics check' in my BIOS. But my BIOS does not have
> >> diagnostic checks. Is there another way?
> >
> >Another poster gave me this advice: try Fn-F7 (Function-F7).  It
> > worked nicely for my Dell Inspiron 8100.
>
> Thanks for your response.
> Using Fn-F7 at boot ?

No, when your console is a small rectangle.

Best regards,

Andrew Gould