It's not a solution to your problem, but what I typically like to do for a
console these days is use either 9vx or drawterm, and then setup VMWare as a
CPU/FS server.

Dave

On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 9:48 PM, Don Bailey <don.bailey@gmail.com> wrote:

> Am I missing something? VMware used to have better screen resolution
> than 1024x768x8, didn't it? I'm getting kernel panic when I try and
> switch to something higher. Suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> D
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