Grub 2 and the VGA parameter

It was annoying to have only a resolution of 640x480 in the virtualbox instance of my new debian virtual instance. So I have had to do something. Here [1] I found the solution of the already well known problem: In Grub2 the vga= parameter is deprecated. To set a screen resolution for your console you can do the following log in as root edit /etc/default/grub uncomment the GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480 and change the resolution to something you can use e....

October 1, 2013