Yes, you can do TERM=linux by passing an arg to getty. No, this isn't
the right solution. However, any program or installation which
depends on the TERM variable to determine the window size is broken.
However, if you really want this broken behavior, you can do something
like this in /etc/profile:
if [ $TERM = linux ]
then
eval `resize`
eval TERM=`stty -a | head -1 | (
read l
IFS=' ;'
set $l
echo con$5x$7
)`
fi
-- Raul