[Gllug] Could you change the fonts on Bios via the video card?

Nix nix at esperi.org.uk
Wed Jun 8 14:20:29 UTC 2011


On 7 Jun 2011, Krishna Birth uttered the following:
> 'Greater Bios' :=) on the computer that is see at first before the
> operating system has it own font or ecosystem.

Most BIOSes can be told to put up a bitmap instead of boot text. (This
is used by Windows installations so that the users never see the
frightening computery stuff.)

Of course I turn that off right away. I *want* to see the frightening
computery stuff.

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