Later versions of LILO allow a bitmap to be displayed. There is a 'bitmap' option that can be used in lilo.conf.
More information on this is available in the LILO source. There's a file called README.bitmaps that explains the format of the bitmaps. And... The video hardware _is_ completely initialized (for standard modes) by the BIOS before LILO gets control. So using standard graphical video modes it is possible to display images on screen before the OS actually loads. Getting the video hardware to its final operating mode (in X or in Windows) is done by the video driver(s) within the OS. These modes are in most cases hardware specific and require a deeper knowledge of the card's capabilities. -Naren On Fri, 5 Oct 2001, Kingsly John wrote: > On Fri, 5 Oct 2001, USM Bish wrote: > > | IMHO, RH is probably loading Tux in the initial kernel load > |period ... and not through LILO, which runs before the kernel. > > both lilo and grub seem to be capable of loading images/splash screens... > without affecting the kernel.(I managed to get that to work on a grub > floppy.. grub on mbr still doesn't work for me :( ) > > How they do it.. I don't know.... must be something similiar to what M$FT > does with in windows.. because the video hardware isn't fully initialised > when the startup screen comes. > > Kingsly > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-india-help mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help > _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
