[syslinux] maximum resolution

[Nazo]

On 1/11/06, Geert Stappers <stappers at stappers.nl> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 06:20:02PM -0500, Andrey Vul wrote:
> >
> > in isolinux, what's the maximimum text resolution (how many characters
> > per screen)?
> > i need to expand the f2 file and i don't know if the limit's been reached
>
> I never knew ISOLinux does switch text resolution. Neither didn't known
> that it can have different resolutions on different screens.
>
>
> Geert Stappers
> (missing the context of the original question)
>
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Andrey is asking due to the fact that it can use images. 
Unfortunately, Syslinux is unable to change resolutions as you
suspected.  In fact, what it actually does is use the default
640x480x4 that is set by the VGA bios (so don't go setting it to EGA
or you may get troubles.)  The easiest solution for when you run out
of room on the F2 page is to make an F3 page.  Of course, you can
always create a module (I'm thinking complex menu would be a start)
and you could maybe do a bit using that, and, you can also boot
another bootloader like lilo (which seems to be able to support VESA,
though I don't really know how it does it since the only times I use
lilo are when an installer sets it up for me.)