Re: Boot messages (Was: Re: Ideas for v2.1)

Dwight Hubbard (Dwight.Hubbard@mci.com)
Tue, 18 Jun 1996 14:18:14 +0000


[old replies removed]

> Hate to sound stupid, but just how is lilo going to go about
> displaying graphical images? Are we going to put graphics support
> into lilo?

That's what I was considering anyways. Although it looks like it
would be a heck of a lot easier to add it to loadlin.

I think it should go into the loader since we want it to come up
before the boot messages and we certainly don't need this kind of
code in the kernel.

> Do you think that's going to fit into the MBR or
> superblock? And what about those ppl who don't use lilo?

Well, the kernel doesn't fit into the MBR or Superblock either. I
imagine the graphic image could be loaded in a similar manner.

> -- Matt

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