FW: [syslinux] graphich bootscreen howto ???

[Ole Hansen]

Hello sylvian

Thanks.

I use kernel 2.4.3 so far, and the Linux Progress Patch seems to start at
2.4.13....

What I don't understand is, why the kernel whipes out the VGA-display, as
both Syslinux and
the kernel is setup for serial-console.

best regards

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-----Original Message-----
From: Sylvain [mailto:asm8 at wanadoo.fr]
Sent: 6. april 2003 14:49
To: syslinux at zytor.com
Subject: Re: [syslinux] graphich bootscreen howto ???


Hi !

I think the image is displayed until the kernel begin its work.
You set the PROMPT option, so syslynux wait TIMEOUT 1/10s , and then
boot the kernel.
So that's why you see you image during 2/10 seconds.

If you want to display an image while the kernel boot, maybe you should
look at the Linux Progress Patch.
You may also set the TIMEOUT to a bigger value, but i'm not sure that's
what you want.

regards,

sylvain

Le Sun, 6 Apr 2003 13:13:57 +0200 
Ole Hansen <ole at danelec.dk> a écrit:

> Hello
> 
> I am trying to get a graphical-image(lss16) to be displayed during the
> booting of kernel and filesystem.
> I have my console redirected to COM1 (SERIAL 0 9600):
> 
> syslinux.cfg:
> 
> default linux
> prompt 1
> timeout 20
> 
> SERIAL 0 9600
> 
> display boot.msg
> 
> label linux
>   kernel linux
>   append root=/dev/nfs rw mem=192M initrd=vr5000.tgz
> 
> The image is displayed a very short time, and then the screen i cleared
and
> the following the following is shown on VGA-display:
> 
> Uncompressing Linux...  Ok, booting the kernel.
> 
> This is then shown on serial port:
> 
> boot: 
> Loading linux...............
> Loading vr5000.tgz...
> Ready.
> Linux version 2.4.3 (root at linfvdrdev) (gcc version 2.95.3 20010315
> (release)) #63 Wed Dec 18 11:44:08 CET 2002
> BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
>  BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable)
> 
> and the normal boot-information........
> 
> How di I make the image stay displayed during whole boot or until
something
> else is using the VGA-display ???
> 
> 
> best regards
> 
> ole at danelec.dk
> 
> * danelec electronics a/s
> * Blokken 44
> * DK-3460 Birkeroed
> * DENMARK
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>   * Fax:  +45 45821979
>    * Email: ole at danelec.dk
>     * http://www.danelec.dk
>      * ftp://ftp.danelec.dk
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> 
> 
> 
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