A simple way to set your screen resolution and color depth for most Live Linux distro's is via the use of the vga=parameter boot option. For example at boot you might type: Live vga=795. This would set your system to boot using the Live label with a screen resolution to 24bit 1280X1024. Here are some more examples of common vga boot values
VGA Resolution and Color Depth reference Chart:
| Depth | 800×600 | 1024×768 | 1152×864 | 1280×1024 | 1600×1200 |
| 8 bit | vga=771 | vga=773 | vga=353 | vga=775 | vga=796 |
| 16 bit | vga=788 | vga=791 | vga=355 | vga=794 | vga=798 |
| 24 bit | vga=789 | vga=792 | vga=795 | vga=799 |