I used a package called svgatextmode to address this problem. It's available in potato; I don't know about woody.
On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 10:01:19AM -0700, Al Stone wrote: > Check your BIOS settings; there's often one that > allows you to expand your initial console size to > full screen (or not). > > Luis Mendes wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I installed Debian 3.0 in my new laptop last night and everything > > seems to be working almost fine. (I have not tried X however). The > > only things which I don't like is that the console only occupies a > > fraction of the display at the center. Wht's going on here and how do > > I get a full size console? > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Luis > > > > > -- > Ciao, > al