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