Difference between revisions of "Make GRUB menu & boot-up/down fonts bigger"

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=Give GRUB & the boot process, up to the GPU module load, a larger font=
=Give GRUB & the boot process up to the GPU module load a larger font=


This one requires you to choose a font that you like (mono fonts are easiest to read), I chose DejaVuSansMono20 & here is the command line that creates this font in a GRUB compatible format, in the size that you have chosen & places it in the newly created /boot/grub/fonts directory (its a long command & it is ALL on one line):
This one requires you to choose a font that you like (mono fonts are easiest to read), I chose DejaVuSansMono20 & here is the command line that creates this font in a GRUB compatible format, in the size that you have chosen & places it in the newly created /boot/grub/fonts directory (its a long command & it is ALL on one line):
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=Use KMS to load the GPU kernel module early in the boot process=
=Use KMS to load the GPU kernel module early in the boot process=


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