Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 14:40:34 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Cc: sos@FreeBSD.org, danny@panda.hilink.com.au, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: splash-page on bootup.. Message-ID: <11340.845847634@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 20 Oct 1996 13:15:39 BST." <199610201215.NAA13027@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
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> Sorry if this has already been suggested (I did not read the initial > postings). > how about this: build a simple utility which allows the splash page (and > possibly its loader code, to be able to deal with different graphics > formats) to be appended/removed from /kernel: > > splashon kernel_file picture_file > splashoff kernel_file You could put this into the boot message area, like the current commands for going into the "intro" screen are done (see the tail-end of the floppy building rule in /usr/src/release/Makefile). Then it would be trivial to "splash-isize" an existing boot.flp image with dd. Jordan
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