Oh No!! ... not..... LILO!!?

xadrith · 11-13-2007, 08:01 PM

Greetings, fellow earthlings,

I have run into a predicament...

I was designing a custom LILO splash screen, making sure to take into careful
consideration that the end BITMAP image was 255 colors or less- also not dithered, yadda, yadda.
Being sure to set the proper areas for the menu and timer...

Well, okay, the IMAGE itself is not the problem... it is this:

I go to install this text into my lilo.conf file:

Code:

install=bmp
bitmap=/boot/elfypredator.bmp
bmp-table=78p,242p,1,2
bmp-colors=129,0,,,,
bmp-timer=79p,364p,0,129,

and I end up getting this rather disheartening response from lilo:

Code:

Warning:  LBA32 addressing assumed
Reading boot sector from /dev/dc2
Using BITMAP secondary loader
Calling map_insert_data
Fatal: 'bitmap' and 'message' are mutually exclusive

I assumed this exclusiveness was due to perhaps placing it in the wrong part
of the lilo.conf file, however I have tried nearly every possible place in the
file now, and the results are to no avail. Can anyone help me?

Thanks,
xD

xadrith · 11-13-2007, 09:10 PM

heh, figured it out.

deleted the message prompt.

I have to quit thinking every bit of text in a config file is sacred and untouchable.

This is MY box... ya know? Long live Linux!!!

xD

cam34 · 11-13-2007, 09:50 PM

Word! My Brother