RE: Linux Splash Screen
Rik van Riel (H.H.vanRiel@phys.uu.nl)
Thu, 12 Nov 1998 14:36:23 +0100 (CET)
On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, Jim Woodward wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, Riley Williams wrote:
>
> > 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...
>
> Or the way io think HP/UX does, with a translucent linux logo behind
> the bootup text..
>
> im not sure hwo practical this would be.. and maybe it'd add too
> much to the kernel size, then again if yer using a low colour 16
> colour or 256 colour logo or something then it may work..
Do I hear __initfunc()???
There might be a small problem with lilo and the stupid
512k limit on PeeCees though -- time to get a SPARC :)
Rik -- slowly getting used to dvorak kbd layout...
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