Re: [Devil-linux-develop] vesa

[Bruce S. <bw...@ar...>]

> I haven't changed isolinux.cfg yet.  I want to research the prompt
> parameter first.

OK, as I suspected, the isolinux.cfg file is very similar to lilo.cfg.

We can have multiple sections (labels) in the cfg file.  I recommend we
put one in for standard text mode (no vga= on the append line), one for
640x480, one for 800x600 and one for 1024x768.  (all 256 color)

Then we can turn on the prompt parameter, with a timeout value, and the
user can select any mode they like.  For unattended mode, the timeout
will continue with the default label after a specified amount of time.

Question #1.  Do we turn "prompt" on, or leave it off and make the user
press SHIFT or ALT to get a prompt to change resolution?

Question #2.  How long do we make the timeout?  (before it continues
with the default label)

Question #3.  Which resolution should be the default?  Standard 80x24
(no vga= parameter specified) is the safest.

My recommendation would be to turn prompt on, with a message displayed
about they options they can type in, timeout of 5 seconds, default to no
vga= parameter specified.

Of course any of these value things can be changed by using my script to
rewrite isolinux.cfg in a new ISO image.

 - BS