[Howto] Animatet lilo bootsplash

[_un|x_]

Hi Again
Oki i have installet BT3 final to HDD and look aaarg red LILO bootsplash
Here the Way to Get a Animatet Lilo BootSplash


( Needet Files )

h**p://w*w.from-hell.org/bt3/lilo-22.3.2.51-i586-1.tgz | Patched Lilo
h**p://w*w.from-hell.org/bt3/xray-blue.boot.gz | Animatet Splash

Sorry no link i have no 15 post here

First we install the patched lilo

installpkg lilo-22.3.2.51-i586-1.tgz

next gunzip and copy the bootsplash to boot

gunzip xray-blue.bootlba32
cp xray-blue.boot /boot

next edit the lilo.conf and insert the splash

nano -w lilo.conf

Here my lilo.conf whit WindowsXP as Dual System

lba32
boot=/dev/hda
prompt
timeout=60
default=BackTrack
compact  ##When you have FDD Boot dont use it
message=/boot/xray-blue.boot  ##needet part

change-rules
reset
vga=791

image=/boot/vmlinuz
root=/dev/hda3
label=BackTrack
initrd=/boot/initrd.splash ###When you have no initrd.splash Dont use it

other=/dev/hda1
label=WinXP

Final install lilo to MBR

lilo -v

Reboot and have fun

Regards un|x

[Archangel-Amael]

Hello
Nice to see another contribution to the forums.
Not to discourage you but there are tutorials both here and on the wiki about adding a bootsplash to lilo.
Here is the link to one on the wiki itself, just in case some one would like to reference it too.



EDIT: Added proper links from above for the lazy
http://www.from-hell.org/bt3/lilo-22.3.2.51-i586-1.tgz
http://www.from-hell.org/bt3/xray-blue.boot.gz

As a side note I am not familiar with this website and as such I do not trust it. Others that follow this tutorial and wish to use the link provided are doing so at their own risk. Not saying that the site is bad, it's just unknown to me and may not be officially associated with it.

[_un|x_]

archangel.amael
yes that is true but not a Animated BootSplash
and i have not 15 post to add link or url to my post

Regards

and its only my site
irc /whois OpenSource / laptop no vhost un|x

[imported_soultaker666]

I have followed everything in this tut to a T but I seem to be having issues saving my lilo.conf file to the MBR. I have a dual boot just like unix. But after I edit my file and run lilo -v it says that the /boot/vmlinuz dir does not exist. The way I did the dual boot install was from the video on offensive-security.com and from PH's tut. If anyone has any suggestions I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance for any replies.

[_un|x_]

when you have already installet bt3 final check if /boot mountet to the point whit autofs thats not mountet to /boot then use

umont /mnt/"yourBootDevice(number)"
mount /dev/hda(DeviceNumber) /boot
###check if boot propper mountet an vmlinuz is insert
ls -la /boot
lilo -v

Regards

[imported_soultaker666]

I guess I am not quite sure how to mount the /boot after I have rebooted. If I go into my boot folder all I have is the "xray-blue.boot". When I go into my storage devices I see my boot partition "hda2" but it will not allow me to mount it to anything. I am sorry if this is a very noob question but I cannot seem to figure it out. Thanks in advance for any replies.

[_un|x_]

then here your line for console

cp /boot/xray-blue.boot /root/
umount /mnt/hda2
mount /dev/hda2 /boot
mv xray-blue.boot /boot
lilo -v

regards

[chivar.of.makati.ph]

i dont have a lilo.conf in my bt3 final sdhc install. where do i insert that xray blue boot splash? syslinux i belive is the one that boots the image

[Relentless]

Love the animated bootsplash, keep up the good work.

[smilerclan]

Hello im liking the idea of the animated lilo boot splash but i cant get it to work it seems to not save and overwrite my previous lilo.conf file and therefore just brings the traditional red lilo up. I have same set up as soultaker666 and had same problem with not being able to find vmlinuz dir so followed the other step to fix that. But after a reboot still no animated lilo can someone please help iv probably missed something really simple but i would appreciate some help.
Thanks