LINUX - Console Resolution

In grub: /boot/grub/menu.lst add:vga=769 splash="silent"
to the end of a ‘kernel’ option here change ‘769′ to the settings you wish to run at (see below) These are the value’s to choose from: 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024
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256 0x301 0x303 0x305 0x307
32k 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x319
64k 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x31A
16M 0x312 0x315 0x318 0x31B
Or in decimal: 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024
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256 769 771 773 775
32K 784 787 790 793
64K 785 788 791 794
16M 786 789 792 795

from: http://www.troublenow.org/?p=4