artists wanted, lilo boot image for lunar

[Ralph Crongeyer]

Yup that did it. Thanks! Try these.....

On Monday 25 August 2003 03:04 pm, Niki Guldbrand wrote:
> Hi Ralph
>
> try to set install=/boot/boot-bmp.b, well it locked up because i tries
> to execute the image instead of showing it ;-)
> And remember to put bitmap=/boot/boot-img68a.bmp, and then rerun lilo
>
> the install line tells lilo which second stage bootloader to use.
>
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Niki
>
> On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 20:29, Ralph Crongeyer wrote:
> > On Monday 25 August 2003 12:48 pm, Niki Guldbrand wrote:
> >
> > First, thanks for the boot splash!
> >
> > I followed the instrustions but it didn't work for me. It just locked up
> > during boot with "LILO 2.5.7" In the upperleft of my screen.
> > Also lilo wouldn't let me put:
> > install=bmp
> > /boot/boot-img68a.bmp
> >
> > so I put:
> > install=/boot/boot-img68a.bmp
> > and lilo ran fine. I did this after "lilo -E /boot/boot-img68a.bmp" and
> > answering "w then y, y" of corse.
> >
> > Ralph
> >
> > > Hi ppl.
> > >
> > > I have been playing a little, and not completed it yet. This is just a
> > > draft atm ;-)
> > >
> > > I have made the boot image which i have attached below, plus
> > > instruction how to get it going in lilo.
> > >
> > > In lilo.conf change the install line to say "install=bmp" ( to get lilo
> > > back to it's default setting, just restore the orginal option in the
> > > install= line, and rerun lilo ), then add a line which says
> > > "/boot/boot-img68a.bmp"
> > >
> > > Then copy boot-img68a.bmp from this mail into boot, to gether with the
> > > boot-img68a.dat file, when that is done then run "lilo -E
> > > /boot/boot-img68a.bmp" where you get an editor menu, just hit "w", and
> > > then say "y", "y", now you only have to rerun lilo, and your boot logo
> > > is there :-)
> > >
> > > But i still need to find the correct text colors.
> > >
> > > Well now you have something to play with :-)
> > > And this is also more or less just a draft. I have put in the
> > > bot-img.png which is the file it orginates from.
> > >
> > > Chuck i couldn't find a picture of durty bird, so i put in tux instead
> > > ;-)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Enjoy, and comment on it please :-)
> > >
> > > Niki
> > >
> > > On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 04:16, Steven Michalske wrote:
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> > > >
> > > > as lunar matures users look at our boot loader and go,  its still
> > > > text, but Redhat and Mandrake have a graphical lilo.
> > > >
> > > > As I am not an artist, would someone like to make a lunar based theme
> > > > in a 640x480x16 BMP with areas simular to the example logo64a.bmp
> > > >
> > > > thanks
> > > > Hardkrash
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