It's probably done in ASM. Lilo is before the kernel is loaded,
so you can access direct hardware. There is something similar
on freshmeat that displays a flame first, and then shows the linux
logo.
Quoting Rick Collette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> How is the vga-ish mandrake bootlogo thing done? the one that shows on
> the lilo screen.. not the framebuffer logo in the top left corner.. but
> the big one when u firststart the installation..... is there a Howto on
> this or any documentation at ALL?
>
> It's pretty groovy...
Ryan Wahle
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
InnerCite
