Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 11:49:32 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Paul Robinson <paul@iconoplex.co.uk> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Boot splash screens in 5.3 Message-ID: <41C0792C.7010805@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <20041215140354.GE74802@iconoplex.co.uk> References: <2d7d2dd204121505491dc10866@mail.gmail.com> <20041215140354.GE74802@iconoplex.co.uk>
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Paul Robinson wrote: >On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 01:49:22PM +0000, Simon Burke wrote: > > >>HIya, >>Im trying to find out how to add a bootsplash to 5.3. >>I've looked at the handbook and only saw details for 3.x. >>Is it the same process?? >> >>I have a 320x200 bmp file already for this, i assume that is the >>corrct size etc, as i read of a how-to for 3.x. >> >> >man 5 loader.conf > >Tells you how to get a BMP or PCX sorted. > > > This works: # cat /boot/loader.conf splash_bmp_load="YES" bitmap_load="YES" bitmap_name="/boot/splash.bmp" The trick is, according to splash(4), that the bitmap must be a 256-color one. Once I got that fixed, I have it going now.... Kevin Kinsey
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