Technically, they could keep track of where each ok/fail was printed and erase and repaint them after the resolution change – if your terminal supports ANSI color it is essentially certain to support cursor movement commands too (inb4 someone counters that they have a color hardcopy terminal!) But I doubt anyone cares enough to implement that.
I used to think these screenfuls of scrolling diagnostics were super cool and felt like a real hacker when I was 16 years old and first started playing with Linux, a feeling likely shared by many. These days I prefer a minimalistic boot, as long as the diagnostics are easily accessible when there’s a need to debug something. And in that case it doesn’t matter much ehether everything lines up neatly or not.
I used to think these screenfuls of scrolling diagnostics were super cool and felt like a real hacker when I was 16 years old and first started playing with Linux, a feeling likely shared by many. These days I prefer a minimalistic boot, as long as the diagnostics are easily accessible when there’s a need to debug something. And in that case it doesn’t matter much ehether everything lines up neatly or not.