vga=ask in the boot parameter

Problem:

Booting message and ttys fonts are too small. With normal solutions, which I found on the web, such as vga=791 etc, I saw the small booting message font but ttys did not response. (Whatever numbers on the web, which I found, have the same result).

Solution:

1. Modify /boot/grub/menu.lst
   Add vga=ask at the end of "/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-11-386 ... "
   If there are splash and quite, remove them.
   
2. shutdown -r now
3. Follow the messages, and  choose 0123 mode with "scan" option, it works small (but not normal) font on booting message. And ttys also work fine. (Just try whatever modes until you find a good one.)

4. Mode    size
   0F00      80x25
   0F01      80x50
   0F02      80x43
   0F03      80x28
   0F05      80x30
   0F06      80x34
   0F07      80x66
   0100      40x25
   0123      132x25
   0132      132x43
   0133      132x44
   

5. 
   
6. Modify  /boot/grub/menu.lst
   change ask to 0x123 in the /boot/vmlinuz ..... line.
   It might be better to add the following in the AUTOMATIC KERNAL LIST in case automatic upgrade to keep using vga=0x123.
   # additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
   ## alternatives
   ## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
   # defoptions=vga=0x123
7. update-grub and shutdown -r now