From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 9 17:28: 7 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from server.baldwin.cx (jobaldwi.campus.vt.edu [198.82.67.146]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B4DB15721 for ; Thu, 9 Dec 1999 17:28:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from john.baldwin.cx (john [10.0.0.2]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA10620; Thu, 9 Dec 1999 20:27:54 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <199912100127.UAA10620@server.baldwin.cx> X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 20:27:54 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin To: "Network Admin [JPeterson]" Subject: RE: splash screen / saver Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. -- John Baldwin -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message