* re0910.0-ia64 * ia64 / any / any / any The bios on the Compaq Proliant ia64 server tends to boot in 80x50 text mode, which the installer inherits. When this happens, the first screen (language selection) appears normally, but after selecting a language (even English), the text font becomes cut in half horizontally. By "cut in half" I mean that each of the 50 lines on the screen appears as the top half of what it should be, or rather with the bottom half cut off. The video card on the machine in question is an ATI Rage XL (rev. 39)
go into EFI configuration and change to 80x25. Quick question, does selecting a foreign language fix it?
I have changed the EFI configuration to 80x25, but the machine still uses 80x50 when it autoboots from removable media. There doesn't seem to be a way to change this. I get around this by going through the EFI menu. I tried English, German, and French. All three produce the half fonts.
well, this is compaq braindamage, nothing we can do after it boots..