[I'm responding to a somewhat old message... I don't have much time for
this list, but I'm still interested.]
J�rgen Hermanrud Fjeld writes:
JHF> Hi!
JHF>
JHF> I have tried Corels distribution, and the their lilo menu is really
JHF> nice. So is the screen that says "Linux loading..." until the X window
JHF> appears.
JHF>
JHF> I haven't checked how this was acomplished, but it seems they have
JHF> used lilo, and the source is available.
JHF>
JHF> I believe a similar scheme would benefit Mandrake as well. New users
JHF> will not be intimidated by the many messages from kernel and loading
JHF> programs, while the more experienced can turn the feature of
JHF> permanently by reinstalling lilo with new options, or pressing
JHF> shift(or some other dead key) at boot time.
I haven't tried Corel Linux, but I agree that the Mandrake boot sequence
could be more fun. The standard boot output should still be available on a
virtual console. People don't usually need to see the boot messages unless
they are testing recently installed packages or something fails.
I actually had a cheap impersonation of the desired behavior running back
when I was still running RH5.2. I did it by keeping some JPG images as
/etc/logos/rl1.jpg .. rl6.jpg ; in /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit, a quick call to
zgv brought up the correct picture. I probably have a backup of the file if
anyone cares, but I'm sure that for inclusion in Mandrake we'd want to come
up with a better way.
The reason I was messing with this stuff was that in Windoze, it is fairly
easy to replace the startup and shutdown screens with pictures of your
family, say. It would be neat to have similar graphics to play with in
Mandrake.
Have fun,
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