On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 04:23:09 -0700 (PDT), Ajitabh Pandey wrote
> 
> Thanks Jeremy, I checked out Toshiba's web site for
> mannuals (since this laptop is quite old and I got it
> from somebody without the OS, though this has a Win98
> licence sticker stuck on it). The user manual for this
> model says that there is definitely a setting in BIOS
> (Stretch LCD display) but this can only be setup
> through win98 display properties option, which in turn
> povides this option if I am using the proper official
> driver for the display card.
> 
> The problem is I can't go into the BIOS setting, there
> is no option for that while system boots up.

On both my Toshiba T3400 (a 486) and my Toshiba Tecra 8000 (somewhat newer) 
you can enter the bios by pressing ESC immedeatly after turning-on, it beeps 
an you can press F1 to enter the BIOS settings page.
Holding ESC or type ESC multiple times is nessesary sometimes.

> (2.) How does Knoppix /SUSE live CDs display full
> screen texts, immediately after booting system (right
> from the 'boot: ' prompt)?

In Linux you can choose to use a SVGA console by framebuffers.
(vga=0x317 kernel parameter for 1024x768 for example)
The toshiba will jump to full-screen view when you use it in SVGA modus.

/Bastiaan