[OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

[Toomas Soome]

> On 30. Jan 2021, at 06:52, Chris <oidev at sunos.info> wrote:
> 
> On 2021-01-29 17:57, Gary Mills wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 05:02:21PM -0800, Chris wrote:
>>> OK just dragged a Dell Optiplex 790 off the shelf
>>> with a 4 core 8 thread i5 CPU in it, and as much RAM
>>> as I could jam in it.
>>> BIOS:
>>> boot UEFI
>> You can't do that.  You have to boot OI in BIOS mode.
>> The loader works in UEFI mode, but OI does not.  Usually you are
>> offered a choice at boot time.  Chose BIOS mode.
> Alright. I went to the BIOS and changed it to Legacy boot.
> Bounced the box. But the problem remains. The only perceivable
> difference. Is that when it booted to the OI UEFI firmware,
> it changed to the correct resolution: 1920x1200. But after it
> left the firmware, it went to 800x600. With legacy boot, it was
> 800x600, and then the same path as before. :-(
> 
> Thank you again, Gary for taking the time to help/respond.
> 

we fall back to 800x600 when we get no EDID information, to change, create:

/boot/loader.rc.local with line: framebuffer set 1920x1200

rgds,
toomas