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Re: debian-installer help wanted



Matthew A. Nicholson wrote:
> On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 13:43:29 -0500, Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> >7. graphical boot screen
> >
> >   We would like to drag Debian kicking and screaming into the .. er,
> >   late 90's by giving its installer a fancy graphical boot screen. We
> >   have two candidates, but would be glad to see something even better.
> >   Note that it's limited to 16 colors and 640x480 resolution, and see
> >   the syslinux documentation for details.
> 
> Is this just a syslinux splash or a graphical boot as well?  Bootsplash 
> can handle a graphical boot, although this would mean a patched kernel and 
> some additional packages.  Don't think that would be an easy thing to add.

syslinux boot screen only, to start with.

-- 
see shy jo

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