custom lilo screen

[optech]

i want lilo to display a graphical screen!!
i know this is possible, as mandrake was able to do it with it's lilo package...
does anyone know where to find any info on this sort of hack?
i can't find anything :(

[bdg1983]

This is from Caldera, but the opposite of what you want to do.

Description:

I would like to see the normal text scroll by as the boot processes start up. I cannot seem to disable this anyware, is it possible to eliminate the graphical boot screen?

Solution:

It is possible to do this. What you will need to do is edit /etc/lilo.conf and comment out the line that begins with:
message = /boot/message
by placing a '#' in front of 'message' so it reads:
#message = /boot/message
and change any line that reads:
vga = 274
to:
vga = normal

Once you have saved the changes to /etc/lilo.conf you must run the 'lilo' command for the changes to take effect. Type the word 'lilo' and hit return.

[mrBen]

Erm, on the Caldera I used (2.3) and on Mandrake, LILO wasn't used, GRUB was, which is a different kettle of fish ;)

[rch-tech]

I thought Drake gave you a choice of LILO or GRUB? I seem to remember having the option to choose during the install of Drake 7.2

[optech]

yeah, i always chose lilo...
is grub graphical by default perhaps?

[bdg1983]

It did say it's for lilo. Doesn't work?