Drawing In Protected Mode: Difference between revisions
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Practically, the options are (in order of difficulty):
*You set up the mode you want at early stage (in the bootloader) before entering protected mode.
**You let [[GRUB]] do the switch for you. (Currently only works with [http://www.smk.co.za/software/vbe-grub/ patched GRUB]. You may
*You switch back to [[Real Mode]] or [[Unreal Mode]] for setting the proper video mode
*You write a [[VGA Hardware|VGA driver]] that can do low-resolution modes on practically all hardware
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