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Thanks Mark, that looks like that is exactly what the doctor ordered! I will play with this later. Thanks again, Peter
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On Mon, 2002-11-04 at 03:07, Mark Musone wrote:
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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>TITLE: Lilo beautified</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>LFS VERSION: 3.3</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>AUTHOR: yoonsoo <yoonsoo@gmx.net></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>SYNOPSIS:</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> How to get a nice picture as boot prompt</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>HINT:</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Version 0.3</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>23/07/2002</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Contents</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>--------</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> 1. What do you need ?</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> 2. Copying the bmp-file</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> 3. preparing lilo.conf</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> 4. Finish</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> 5. Additional Remarks and Warnings</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>1. What do you need </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> ----------------</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> lilo-22.2 </FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> or</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> lilo-22.3.2</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> nasm-0.98.34</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> (just install nasm the way you usually install packages) </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> 640x480x16 bmp file</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I></FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>2. Copying BMP</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> -----------</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> You can use any BMP with the dimensions 640x480 and a colordepth </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> of 16Bit. If you decide to use one of the BMP's shipped with </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> the lilo-package, you can find them at lilo-src/sample/ </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> Just copy one of them to /boot (or somewhere else if </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> you want to). Imho logo64a.bmp looks good so I will refer </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> to this on.</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>3. Preparing lilo.conf</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> -------------------</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> There are two ways</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> a) set the symlink /boot/boot.b to /boot/</FONT></FONT></I><FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><B><I>boot-bmp.b</FONT></FONT></B></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> b) add install=boot/</FONT></FONT></I><FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><B><I>boot-bmp.b</FONT></FONT></B></I><FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> to lilo.conf</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> I prefer to change the symlink for several reasons, so you </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> will find no install= in my lilo.conf below</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> add the following lines to lilo.conf</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>bitmap = /boot/logo64a.bmp (or whatever bmp you took)</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>bmp-colors = 6,9,0,15,9,0</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>bmp-table = 59,5,1,18,</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>bmp-timer = 66,28,6,8,0</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>-----------------------------------------------------</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>bmp-colors: here is where you set the colors used in your menu </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> the first three entries belongs to the normal menu-text and the</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> last three entries specifies the colors of the highlighted</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> menu-text.</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>bmp-table: location of the menu-table. First two entries gives</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> the x, and y cooridiantes of the menu table. 59 means column 59, </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> you cal also use (eg) p400 to adress in pixels instead. The next</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> two entries are the numbers of the rows and columns in our menu table.</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> The last entry will specify the space between the columns if there are</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> more than one. </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>bmp-timer: location of the timer-box for the countdown. The first two</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> entries are the coordinates and the next last values specifies the colors </FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>alternatively, if you use a lilo version greater than 22.3 you could also do:</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>add the followjng lines to lilo.conf</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>--------------------------------------------------------------</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>bitmap = /boot/logo64a.bmp (or whatever bmp you took)</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>-------------------------------------------------------------</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>cat > /boot/logo64a.dat << "EOF"</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>bmp-colors = 6,9,0,15,9,0</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>bmp-table = 59,5,1,18,</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>bmp-timer = 66,28,6,8,0</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>EOF</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>lilo -E /boot/logo64a.dat</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>(see the manpage and the README's shipped with your lilo-Source for</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> further details)</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>4. Finish</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> run lilo and reboot</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> Enjoy your new Boot-menu ;)</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>5. Additional Remarks & Warnings</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> As it can be very risky to use lilo you should always have a</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> working boot disk to 'repair' your boot image if things went</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> wrong, and it will go wrong for sure ;)</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> Be sure, that your bmp-file exists and will not be erased</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> accidently. </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> And last not least : never forget to run lilo after you have</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> made some changes.</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> There are advantages and disadvantages which comes with </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> upgrading to lilo-22.3. Just check which is more important for </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> you.</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>------------------------------------------------------------------</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> If you have any ideas, suggestions or found a bug you can send a</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> mail to:</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> yoon soo <yoonsoo@gmx.net></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>------------------------------------------------------------------</FONT></FONT></I></PRE>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="2"><B><I>Sent:</FONT></FONT></B></I><FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="2"><I> Sunday, November 03, 2002 3:21 PM</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="2"><B><I>Subject:</FONT></FONT></B></I><FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="2"><I> RedHat Lilo Graphic</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Hello All, </FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> Does anyone have an idea of how to change the RedHat lilo graphic? I have read some from the man page of lilo.conf in Mandrake and it lists, bitmap=<bitmap-file> </FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> Specifies use of a 640x480x16 bitmap file as the </FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> background on which a boot menu is displayed. May </FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> not be used if 'message=' is specified. Requires </FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> that 'install=' specify a boot-loader which is </FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> capable of displaying the bitmap; i.e., boot-bmp.b. </FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>as an option, however, I am not sure of how to specify this bootloader and the man page of lilo.conf in RedHat 8.0 does not mention this at all. Anyone had any experience with this? </FONT></FONT></I>
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