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On 7/20/05, Geoffrey <esoteric at 3times25.net> wrote:
> 
> 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,
&gt; &gt; syslinux/isolinux, and bootsplash.org &lt;<a  rel="nofollow" href="http://bootsplash.org";>http://bootsplash.org</a>&gt; but I can 
&gt; not find any info
&gt; &gt; about these files...does anyone know how to edit or create custom
&gt; &gt; replacements for these? or any good how-tos on bootsplash
&gt; &gt; configuration
&gt; 
&gt; I vaguely recall that the splash image is contained in /boot/message,
&gt; which is actually a cpio file. Unpack it and see if this is what you're
&gt; looking for. I would suspect that you could simply replace the splash
&gt; image there with what you want, but I've not tried this.
&gt; 
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&gt; Until later, Geoffrey
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