Aldous B Bernardo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > How do I configure a graphical lilo. RH and other distros have > this fancy graphial lilo. I personally don't need it but other > users of my pc ( my kid sister and my parents ) are having a > hard time using the text only mode in lilo. What packages do I > need, or how do I configure them?
You can use bitmaps with lilo version 1:22.1-1 and up. Simply create a 640x480 bitmap (uncompressed or RLE encoded) with 16 colours, then update your /etc/lilo.conf like so: Change the install and map entries to: install=/boot/boot-bmp.b map=/boot/map-bmp Specify a bitmap: bitmap=/boot/somebitmap.bmp Coordinates and size of where the menu entries go bmp-table = [x],[y],[ncol],[nrow],[xspc] What colours should be used bmp-colors = [fg],[bg],[sh];[h-fg],[h-bg],[h-sh] Where the timer should be placed bmp-timer = [tx],[ty];[t-fg],[t-bg],[t-sh] I've put a small example on http://freakzone.net/gordon/ ...also, apt-get install lilo-doc gives you an example and documentation :) Hth, Gordon -- Gordon Fraser "Unix is simple, but it takes [EMAIL PROTECTED] a genius to understand the http://www.freakzone.net simplicity." - Dennis Ritchie