TITLE: The lfs bootlogo hint LFS VERSION: any AUTHOR: Martin Imobersteg SYNOPSIS: How to get a logo instead of the LILO prompt. HINT: The lfs bootlogo hint (L) 01.03.2001 imm@gmx.ch ------------------------- Intro ----- With the bootlogo patch from SuSE you can get a nice logo instead of the lilo prompt. This patch will help you. Requirements ------------ You nead: - lilo 21.7 [1] - SuSE's bootlogo patch [2] - a 640x480 256color pcx graphic [3] I found the sources of the patch for lilo (should also work with 21.6 and 21.6.1) on my SuSE 7.1 source CDs. The author is Steffen Winterfeldt Installation ------------ Decompress lilo and aply the patch: $ tar xvzf lilo-21.7.tar.gz $ bunzip2 lilo-gfx-21.7.patch.bz2 $ cd lilo-21.7 $ patch -i ../lilo-gfx-21.7.patch Build and install lilo: $ make $ su $ make install Generate the bootlogo: $ mklilomsg --logo1 lfsbscreen.pcx 120 20 23 60 290 5 5 4 \ 0x13 000000 111111 000000 > message $ cp message /boot [ Could somebody find out how to use the xor rgb value at the end of parameters ? It defines the color of the scrollbar but i got only rubish on my own picture :o( mklilomsg.c has also two hidden flags (special and shade) but none of them won't work for me. ] Edit /etc/lilo.conf: lilo.conf should read something like this boot = /dev/hde vga = normal read-only menu-scheme = Wg:kw:Wg:Wg lba32 prompt timeout = 80 message = /boot/message Then start /sbin/lilo and reboot :o) Disclaimer --------- This doc is 100% free. Download locations: [1] ftp://brun.dyndns.org/pub/linux/lilo/lilo-21.7.tar.gz [2] http://www.linuxnews.ch/alfs/lilo-gfx-21.7.patch.bz2 [3] http://www.linuxnews.ch/alfs/lfsbscreen.pcx Good luck imobi