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Date:      Thu, 09 Dec 1999 20:27:54 -0500 (EST)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Network Admin [JPeterson]" <jay@qtm.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   RE: splash screen / saver
Message-ID:  <199912100127.UAA10620@server.baldwin.cx>
In-Reply-To: <PCEIIOODPEIJJFAGCCEFEEEICCAA.jay@qtm.net>

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On 09-Dec-99 Network Admin [JPeterson] wrote:
> growl, grumble, moan, gripe, complain.. =)
> 
> cat /boot/loader.rc
> include /boot/loader.4th
> load /kernel
> load vesa
> load -t userconfig_script /boot/kernel.config
> load -t splash_image_data /boot/dawn.bmp
> load splash_bmp
> start
> 
> the dawn.bmp I grabbed is called dawn-31.gif on your site, I saved it as a
> bitmap..

Err, don't click on the picture then, click on the URL beside the picture. :) 
Your loader.conf file from earlier is correct.  Try fetching the bitmap file
and copying it to /boot/splash.bmp and see if that works.  A wrong file format
might explain that error code 2 you got.

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