Boot messages & tux image

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: Boot messages & tux image
started by: vodevil

Posted by vodevil on Jan. 14 2007,21:14

Does anyone know how to change the image of tux (the penguin) while the system is booting and the boot messages are scrolling up the screen?

Posted by beakmyn on Jan. 15 2007,23:31

I believe it's compiled into the kernel. Take a look at bootsplash

Posted by Winter Knight on Jan. 16 2007,09:40

I don't think it is compiled into the kernel. The file you want to modify is /boot/isolinux/logo.16 . This image is in lss16 format. The tool you use to modify this image is ppmtolss16. This comes with Knoppix. It is also included with the syslinux source tarball. It is a perl script, so no compiling necessary.

I've never done this before, but I looked it up on the net. Here is the Knoppix page that mentions this: [uri=http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7]HOWTO: change the boot logo/screen[/uri]. Keep in mind that DSL is somewhat different than Knoppix. For one, ppmtolss16 is not included with DSL. Also, the location of logo.16 is where I said it was for DSL, but somewhere else for Knoppix.

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on Jan. 16 2007,19:52

I think he means the tux images that prop up to indicate how many processors were found...?