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Animate Your LILO
clarkie.mg writes: "Most linux users still see the four letters LILO when booting the PC. It's now possible to have some cool graphics at boot time with the animated LILO. You can even play a game !" Be careful of the French.
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Here are instructions on how to make your very own LILO boot screens.
;)
But to do this you need a few prerequisites.
... know what The GIMP is.
... have already installed and activated The GIMP.
... know how to accomplish simple drawing activities.
... have already installed the LILO Splash Screen Script-Fu.
... know how to activate the LILO Splash Screen Script-Fu.
... know what you want
--Metrollica
I have quickly edited my web pages to add the correct links. My web pages were designed to automatically give you the most appropriate version (depending on the language settings in your browser, as explained on this page). It's a pity that thimoty has posted the links that go to the French-only version of my pages.
The correct links should have been:
The site is hit rather badly by the Slashdot effect... You will have to be patient...
-Raphaël
Yes, you do need the SuSE version of LILO because this is the only version that includes support for callback functions and timer events. This is mandatory for making the animations work. All other versions of LILO can only display static images and do not let you choose where the menu is displayed, how the keyboard input should be handled, and so on.
This is explained on my help page.
By the way, if you go to a SuSE mirror site to download the required packages, you will find:
Have fun, but please read the warnings on my help page before playing with LILO.
-Raphaël