Re: [Fwd: Installing debian with Win98]
There is a .bmp file named something like windowslogo.bmp in the
windows directory that has the windows bootup display. It can be
edited with the paint program. I modified the one on my kid's
computer so It comes up with their names, "Emily and Reva's computer".
You could copy the file to linux, edit it with the gimp (actually
replace everything with tux) and then export it back to windows. The
file MUST be of an exact pixel size (640xsomething) so it will be
correctly displayed. (Win95 usese the bottom of the bitmap to display
the moving bar as it boots).
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From:
Ed Cogburn <ecogburn@greene.xtn.net>
Olaf Meeuwissen wrote:
>
> Hi Tim,
>
> I have Window$98 and Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 running on a IBM ThinkPad
> 385XD laptop without any trouble (sofar?). I've kept a detailed log
> of all the things I did and can mail it if your interested. You'll
> have to wait till tomorrow though, 'cause I don't have it here.
>
> Basically, I repartitioned the 4GB internal hard disk, did a recovery
> installation of Window$ on the C: drive and then put Linux on the
> rest. From what you say (having things already partitioned), you can
> skip most of that and just jump in at the Linux installation. I had
> the same problem as you mentioned: linux just won't boot. The reason
> is that LILO can not boot Linux if the root partition is not in the
> first 1024 cylinders of the boot disk.
>
> My first work-around was a DOS boot-floppy that auto-execs loadlin to
> boot Linux. Worked like a charm, but I found the floppy boot a little
> clumsy. Following the loadlin docs, I modified the Window$ boot to
> give me a choice (much like LILO would have done if it worked). So, I
> boot Linux through M$-DOS, but, hey, if it works, who cares?
>
> Now, if I could only get that silly Window$ logo at boot time replaced
> with something more Linux, like a penguin ...
>
Just in case you don't know: You can disable that Windows
boot logo
with an
entry in msdos.sys (a text file now) of "Logo=0" in the Options
section. Works
for W95.
Replacing it with a penguin is an entirely different matter,
though.
:-)
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