Shame on you for giving up, uk_dave.
I think i just figured it out :-)
To get this cute debian-logo during boot (
http://pastebin.com/89797) do this:
Showing the Logo Above Login Prompts (Good for Local Logins)
This method will show the logo above your logins on your virtual terminals, I.E. when you hit ctrl+alt+FX (where FX is F1-F6), and also on tty1 (F1) when you bootup if you like. After you've installed the linuxlogo package, edit the file /etc/inittab. For each terminal you want the logo on, add '-f /etc/issue.linuxlogo' to the getty command (issue.linuxlogo.ascii if you don't want color) so that the settings should look like this:
Original:
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
Logo:
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty -f /etc/issue.linuxlogo 38400 tty1
Showing the Logo as the MOTD After You Login (Good for Remote Logins)
This method is nice for a machine you don't access locally, like a server box that you only login to remotely over your LAN. First, move your old motd out of the way and create a new one:
mv /etc/motd /etc/motd.old
/usr/bin/linux_logo > /etc/motd
Next, edit /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh and change these lines:
uname -a > /etc/motd.tmp
sed 1d /etc/motd >> /etc/motd.tmp
mv /etc/motd.tmp /etc/motd
To:
# uname -a > /etc/motd.tmp
# sed 1d /etc/motd >> /etc/motd.tmp
/usr/bin/linux_logo > /etc/motd.tmp
sed 1,18d /etc/motd >> /etc/motd.tmp
mv /etc/motd.tmp /etc/motd
After you've edited it, run '/etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh' and you should now see the logo on login, as in Figure 1 below. If you want to add a message of the day to the file, just add the message to the end of /etc/motd, don't leave a blank line in between as it will add one on it's own.
Yes, i took this from
http://www.linuxorbit.com/modules.ph...tid=548&page=1
EDIT: I just rebooted, and yes, i saw the logo (kinda small, i want it to be all over the screen.. and it was only on for a few seconds..).