Re: NetBSD vs. VirtualBox

Michael <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.general
Message-ID <20260822194848.45f71d00@glenmorangie>
Hello,

On Sat, 22 Aug 2026 22:29:46 -0000 (UTC)
[email protected] (Michael van Elst) wrote:

> [email protected] ("Greg A. Woods") writes:
> 
> > However it would be
> >nice to be able to explicitly say what size terminal should be emulated,
> >with some/all of the same screen types as the old vga(4) driver
> >supports.  
> 
> For a raster display, the kernel has only a couple of fixed size fonts
> available and selects the "best" one to produce a 80x25 terminal.
> You can compile more fonts into the kernel.

You can also configure what terminal size wscons should aim for:
options RASOPS_DEFAULT_WIDTH=80
options RASOPS_DEFAULT_HEIGHT=25

have fun
Michael
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