I agree: I don't see why the setfont command needs to be there at all. I think most people are used to the default font their video card provides. Why change it?
Jeff > A friends system recently installed with Debian just booted in 80x50 > and set the font incorrectly, resulting in an unreadable screen. > (Only the top half of each character was displayed.) > > This bug has been reported at least twice before, and apparently has > yet to be fixed. > > The fix is to edit /etc/rc.boot/console as follows. Could this bug > PLEASE be fixed?