same problem on my macbook i will make a live install with changes i think it better for this beta a lot of problems and bug
Boot logo gone after install to HD, need help.
After installing BT3 to my HD, the lilo boot screen is generic and not very sexy.
When booting to the LiveCD or USB Flash Drive, it looks much better. Must be something in the MBR.
Any ideas how to fix this?
same problem on my macbook i will make a live install with changes i think it better for this beta a lot of problems and bug
A quick search of the wiki reveals this about bt2:Originally Posted by cnr0616
(note: you can get your bootsplash back by giving the command "makesplash" and adding an initrd line to your lilo.conf. When you do this make sure /boot is mounted) however note that this is for bt2.
you should see a line similar to this in your lilo.conf file:
see if that helpsCode:#bitmap=/boot/splash.bmp
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OMG how are you gonna hack with out the boot logo.
I thought that the (read my) hand print was used as a biometric so that the system authenticated me and allowed me to hack??!!OMG how are you gonna hack with out the boot logo.
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Thank you for your help. I have sucessfully gotten the BT3 Boot Splash to display during startup thanks to your instructions.
However, I have not been able find or setup the LILO splash menu. Assuming it is /boot/splash.bmp, but I recieve that file is not valid and is not listed there. Also I searched the BT3 install cd and the boot directory there is also missing the splash.bmp file.
I feel that I am missing something very simple. If there are any suggestions I would appericate them. I have done quite a bit of reading and realize there are two splash screens, the bootsplash and the fbsplash. I assume the fpsplash is what I call the LILO splash menu which whould be /boot/splash.bmp. I have searched the Live CD and cannot find this file, even when I boot to the LIVE CD. Crikey, is this totaly a newb issue? Am I simply being a dunce?
Here is my lilo.conf
lba32
boot = /dev/hdc
prompt
timeout = 300
#bitmap = /boot/splash.bmp
change-rules
reset
#vga = 769,771/773/792
vga = 791
image = /boot/vmlinuz
initrd = /boot/splash.initrd
root = /dev/hdc4
label = BackTrack
read-only
#windows
other = /dev/hdc2
label = WinXP
table = /dev/hdc
#Leopard
other = /dev/hdc1
label = Leopard
table = /dev/hdc
Here is the contents of my /boot directory.
bt boot # ls
boot.1600 map splash.initrd vmlinuz
A quick search of the forums shows:
http://forums.remote-exploit.org/sho...ht=boot+splash
try and have a look there and see if that gets you going.
try to do a bit of searching here and on google as well
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The boot splash is working fine. The LILO menu splash is where I am having trouble.
I've read as many posts as I could find about this topic, but I come to a dead end when trying to add the splash.bmp to my lilo.conf. This file does not exist on my system.
After running makesplash, that just creates the splash.initrd file which loads the boot splash.
This does not solve the Lilo menu issue. Where is the splash.bmp? How can I install or extract it?
Is it in the vmlinuz* kernel and I need to extract it somehow? I've tried to work on this for the last 3 days, but I'm thinking it's just not possible with an HD install.
I have the fbsplash working properly but whenever I exit X it is gone
How do I have it reinitialize when I return to the command line?
Tried all these methods and still no boot splash
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