[ale] bootsplash configuration and .spl files?

[Geoffrey]

Jerry Yu wrote:
> /boot/message: PCX ver. 3.0 image data bounding box [0, 0] - [319, 199], 
> 8-bit colour, 300 x 300 dpi, RLE compressed
> 
> /boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz is gzipped "X pixmap image text"

I find this on RH, but not on SuSE.

> 
> 
> On 7/20/05, Geoffrey <esoteric at 3times25.net> wrote:
> 
>>lyric hartley wrote:
>>
>>>In the boot/loader area of the suse install cd there are files named
>>>[resolution].spl (e.g. 08000600.spl) ...they seem to be used for the
>>>bootsplash images...I have been looking through the docs for gfxboot,
>>>syslinux/isolinux, and bootsplash.org <http://bootsplash.org> but I can 
>>
>>not find any info
>>
>>>about these files...does anyone know how to edit or create custom
>>>replacements for these? or any good how-tos on bootsplash
>>>configuration
>>
>>I vaguely recall that the splash image is contained in /boot/message,
>>which is actually a cpio file. Unpack it and see if this is what you're
>>looking for. I would suspect that you could simply replace the splash
>>image there with what you want, but I've not tried this.
>>
>>--
>>Until later, Geoffrey
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Until later, Geoffrey