[ale] bootsplash configuration and .spl files?

[esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)]

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 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.

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Until later, Geoffrey