On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 08:00:14PM +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > * Bruno Majewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-04-11 18:28]: > > (5) Assuming grub and use a graphical splashscreen like lilo can, I am > > surprised you did not make grub use one to make the boot process prettier. > > If we want the "unwashed masses" to use Linux, we might was well make it > > pretty. And that includes a graphical grub menu as well as using the > > bootsplash kernel patch. I should not have to patch & recompile my kernel > > to make my machine not scream "geek!". > > What's the status of having a version of GRUB in the archive which > displays a graphical boot screen?
It's been supported for a while, but it's not enabled by default. Luis R. Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> is working on a package that would contain only splashimages, so we can use this as a base for providing a default splashimage setup with grub. I just pinged him today about his progress. -- Robert Millan "[..] but the delight and pride of Aule is in the deed of making, and in the thing made, and neither in possession nor in his own mastery; wherefore he gives and hoards not, and is free from care, passing ever on to some new work." -- J.R.R.T., Ainulindale (Silmarillion) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
