From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue May 13 03:43:22 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id DAA14076 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 13 May 1997 03:43:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id DAA14071 for ; Tue, 13 May 1997 03:43:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id UAA16674; Tue, 13 May 1997 20:12:05 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199705131042.UAA16674@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: 2.2 Splashkit In-Reply-To: <199705131016.MAA25104@ocean.campus.luth.se> from Mikael Karpberg at "May 13, 97 12:16:49 pm" To: karpen@ocean.campus.luth.se (Mikael Karpberg) Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 20:12:05 +0930 (CST) Cc: terry@lambert.org, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Mikael Karpberg stands accused of saying: > > Really... IMHO that would kinda suck (both of the above). > Although, with a small modification, it would be really nice. "what is possible sucks, but my impossible fantasy would be just wonderful". > How about this: > > The splash screen should use an image ("/splash.pic" ?) that used the exact > logo.sys format. That would make it easy to use finished slashes out there, We have already noted that the "finished" splash image is a 320x400 bmp file, as currently (partially) supported. > without having to use some converter. It should be easy to read and put in > memory in any format you like it, no? That would make things like > "ln -s /dos/logo.sys /splash.pic" work too. Symlinks are right out. The file will have to be present, in place, in the root filesystem, in order to be read by the bootloader. > Color cycling should happen at an even pace, if possible. I'm not sure if It's already been explained that it can't. > /Mikael -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[