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Message from Steven
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Ian wrote:
>
> Ive put BL3.5 on a partition of my Toshiba 
> Satellite 110ct laptop.  Still LOADLINing 
> from a Dos partition at the moment.
> 
> This sort of laptop (a P1) was quite common 
> over here in the UK.

I've got a 110cs sitting right next to me.
Toshiba's are my favorite laptops.

> The height of the picture is only two thirds 
> the height of the screen. 

Yes, same thing here.  A blank inch at the top
and a blank inch at the bottom.  No blanks at
the sides though, the full line is used from
left to right.

> a Linux whizz-kid had found a way round it.
> It seems that to get full height on this 
> laptop the kernel has to be started with 
> the option "vga=3845". I tried that with 
> my BL and Loadlin and it made no difference

That capability comes from a kernel compile-time 
parameter CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT.  If you look at
the config file for the BL3 kernel (at BL3 site),
you will find the following line:
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CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT is not set
------------------------------
If you look at the config file for the big BL3
kernel, you will find the following line:
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CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
---------------------

> when I substituted the rather big VMLINUZ for 
> ZIMAGE and Loadlined that with the "vga=3845" 

I assume you got that VMLINUZ from another version
of Linux.

> parm, the picture jumped to full height 
> This VMLINUZ isnt a substitute for ZIMAGE because 
> when I tried to use it, I was getting kernel panics, 

I suggest you use the big BL3 kernel (bzimage.big).
It is available at the BL3 site.

Cheers,
Steven