background colors in console without the use of X

[BigCletus]

I was curious if there is a lilo command similar to vga= or something that enambles you to change the default white on black text. I would like to have black text on a white background. Anyone know how to accomplish this? Maybe a console program that does this or something? Dos can do this so I would assume linux should be able to . Thanks.

[Rob 'Feztaa' Park]

You could try using ANSI escape codes to color the terminal white on black... or any color on any other color...

I'm not sure if that would affect the entire terminal or just where there is text, though...