Re: lilo splash screen patch
I probably won't get around to this before christmas. My code DOES
overload the message; it was either that or modify lilo. I use a stock
lilo with my own cboot.b (replaces boot.b). The message is "compiled"
from an uncompressed BMP file (very easy to read) with less then 100
colours. The compiler combines the BMP image with a chunk of code. The
boot loader only provides 4608 bytes of space for code and data; the
message gives an additional 64K.
If you can suggest a better way to do this, I am listening.
Erik Andersen wrote:
>
> On Mon Dec 06, 1999 at 02:46:25PM -0500, Robin Burgener wrote:
> > I had a look at the page you are referring to; that is not the Corel
> > Lilo patch. When I get a chance, I will be packaging my patches.
> >
> > I'm not exectly sure what the page you found will do, it appears that it
> > will display a 320x200 image and then do the standard Lilo stuff. The
> > Corel Linux patch to Lilo provides a selection menu and uses cursor keys
> > to select the boot image.
> >
> > There are several good reasons for 320x200x256...
> > - the boot-loader runs in real mode, 320*200 = 64000 ( <64K )
> > - byte per pixel makes drawing easier, speed is not a concern, my mini
> > graphics driver is about 1500 bytes of code (draw char, draw box, tint
> > area, decompress screen, save/restore screen, set palette...)
> >
> > Given a choice between 320x200x256 and 640x480x16, what would you
> > choose?
> >
> > P.S. My 16 colour mini graphics driver is twice the size and does not
> > include tint area
>
> Sounds very cool. So were do we find the Corel graphical
> lilo patches? How are the image locations given to lilo?
> What format images does it accept.
>
> I hope it doesn't do what the Caldera OpenLinux graphical
> lilo patch does, where it overloads the "message" file to
> be an executable with a PCX image embedded in it. The message
> executable is the one that seems to know about how to draw
> itself to the screen.
>
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