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johnnyIsVirtual
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How do I view the whole screen with the Debian Net Installation CD?

I am using the Debian Netinst CD to install the latest Debian, 8.5.  When I load the iso and pull up the Console, I can only see a portion of the screen.  I can see, half the menu, for example, to Install, Graphical Install, etc.  I chose install instead of Graphical but there was no difference.  Small, cut off screen.  I tried various Video settings in VSphere.  But it did not help.  Other LiveCDs work fine.

How can I view the whole screen to install Debian?  Thanks.

edit:  Going to full screen does not work.  Changing my PCs resolution did not help.

edit:  Well, now it's the BIOS too, so I guess it's not related to my install.

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DavoudTeimouri
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You need to VMware Video Display driver for changing the screen size to full screen.

VMware Tools or OpenVM Tools has the driver or a driver like this.

if your distribution doesn't have it, so you can use virtual machine graphic capabilities.

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wila
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Hello,

I just downloaded debian netinstall CD 8.5.

Then setup a custom virtual machine, selected hardware version 8, and debian 6 x64 as guest OS.

Booted from the iso and do get a normal screen when trying to install in graphical mode.

As you can see here:

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This is when using the Virtual Infrastructure Client, not sure what you used to access the guest OS.

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