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From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@ki.net>
To: Brian <brianmcg@Mcs.Net>
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Subject: Re: 50 line console
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On Sun, 27 Oct 1996, Brian wrote:

> I was surprised not to find this in the FAQ:
> 
> How does one make a console screen with 50 or more lines?  I see that
> cons50 and cons60 exist, so I would assume that there is a corresponding
> configuration for the display.
>

	I generally do:

#!/bin/sh
vidcontrol -f 8x8 cp850-8x8.fnt
vidcontrol VGA_80x50

	You can set this in /etc/sysconfig, I've just never bothered..

Marc G. Fournier                                  scrappy@ki.net
Systems Administrator @ ki.net               scrappy@freebsd.org