[lug] isolinux splash screen

[Stephen Queen]

This is not exactly what I was talking about, but looks like
it would be fun to explore. So when I'm done with
syslinux/isolinux, I'm definitly going to play with this.

Thanks also to all the others who replied. I think I got
some good answers, suggestions, and comments, as I have
always gotten from this group. I believe I'll have the
splash screen working correctly tomorrow.

Stephen Queen


> I'm not sure this is what you're referencing, but I've used
> bootsplash.org to get a bootsplash image working under a modified
> Morphix LiveCD.  I built a JPEG splash image, copied it to the right
> place, then used the bootsplash user-level tools to write text over the
> splash and update a status bar during the boot process.  "bootsplash" is
> a kernel mod with a "verbose" and "quiet" mode that lets you do fancy
> graphics on boot up so people don't see the typical linux boot messages.
>
> I learned most of this by diggging through the Morphix LiveCD
> distributions and reading on bootsplash.org how it worked.  On my todo
> list is to add a bootsplash image to my custom MiniMyth distribution.
>
> BTW, the Morphix stuff was also cool to see how they added color to the
> text based boot messages.  I didn't think you could do that, but if done
> right its very helpful when watching the boot process.
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