How to configure console to cover the entire screen?

[Alexander Pohoyda]

"Nikhil Kale" <nikhilkale at myrealbox.com> writes:

>   I am new to FreeBSD, and recently installed FreeBSD 5.1 on my
>   laptop. Everythings working fine, but the console covers only
>   about 50% of the screen area (an inner rectagular area) . I
>   configured X and it covers the screen properly (1024X768).
>   I would like to configure the console to cover the entire screen
>   too.
>   Any pointers????

It's likely to be a BIOS, not an OS issue. On my IBM ThinkPad, I can
switch to full-screen mode (with ugly font) using special
configuration utility (a Microsoft DOS executable).

P.S.: Questions are most welcome on freebsd-questions@ mailing list.

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