thanks for replying.
i'm quite sure /boot is mounted at the time i generate and copy the initrd
image. the kernel is manually configured. the 2.4.22-gentoo-r5 seems
already patched with the boot splash patch, since i saw the option:
[*] Use bootsplash instead of boot logo.
i was following the HOWTO from
http://reviewed.homelinux.org/gentoo/bootsplash/
and the steps i went through are:
0. emerge bootsplash
1. configure the kernel, with following options enabled:
[*] MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support
[*] Loopback device support
[*] RAM disk support
[*] Initial RAM disk (initrd) support
[*] VGA text console
[*] Video mode selection supportB
[*] Support for frame buffer devices
[*] VESA VGA graphics console
[*] Use splash screen instead of boot logo
2. compiled new kernel, and copy it to /boot.
3. rc-update add bootsplash boot.
4. copied an initrd from /usr/share/bootsplash to /boot
4.alt. also tried generate a new initrd by:
/sbin/splash -s -f
/etc/bootsplash/default/config/bootsplash-1024x768.cfg
> /boot/initrd-1024x768
5. edit grub.conf:
kernel /kernel-2.4.22-splash root=/dev/hda2
video=mtrr,vesa:1024x768 vga=0x317 splash=silent
initrd=/initrd-1024x768
6. reboot
kernel obviously enabled framebuffer. but boot logo is shown, but no boot
splash. the /proc/splash does not exist neither.
can anyone help me?
thanks
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, Rainer Sigwald wrote:
> Hmm. Was /boot mounted when you copied the initrd over? Are you using the
> genkernel automagic-everything, or doing it manually? What was the exact
> command you used to make the initrd?
>
> Also, you were following the steps shown . . . where?
>
> I'm no expert, but I think the guys that are will need to know this stuff.
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