boot/loader splash image

[Duane Hill]

Sunday, July 17, 2011, 6:07:57 PM, Fbsd8 wrote:

> wayne mitchell wrote:
>> hey
>> got question/problem for /boot/loader
>> 
>> system: freeBSD 8.1-RELEASE GENERIC
>> 
>> trying to get a bitmap onscreen for bootup
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> 
>> have read man page for all boot associated stuff (loader.conf...)
>> and followed instructions
>> using following values in /boot/loader.conf :
>> 
>> bitmap_load="YES"        # have tried commenting this out also
>> vesa_load="YES"
>> splash_bmp_load="YES"
>> bitmap_name="/boot/splash.bmp"
>> 
>> the splash.bmp size is about 900x700
>> does not work
>> am using /boot/loader.rc as preset (includes loader.4th and beastie.4th)

> Try putting vesa_load="YES" first.

The image must also be 256-color.

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 Duane                            mailto:duane at duanemail.org