RE: Linux Splash Screen

Riley Williams (rhw@bigfoot.com)
Wed, 11 Nov 1998 21:51:28 +0000 (GMT)


Hi Bob.

> Hmm...I wonder if it would be possible to use the new framebuffer
> code to do this? If in a graphics mode console you could throw an
> image in the background. (But I *have* to see the boot messages!
> How else can you diagnose a crash during boot!)

How about doing it the way that RedHat's install does...have a
graphical display on the default display, and the boot messages hidden
on tty2 or the like - press ALT-F2 to display them as per standard...

Best wishes from Riley.

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