[techtalk] Can the boot up screen be replaced?

[Mandi]

There's an article on Linux.com about the xdm screen.

http://www.linux.com/tuneup/database.phtml/X11/
it's down that page somewhere.

On Mon, 8 May 2000 moebius at ip-solutions.net wrote:

> Hey Davida,
>   There is a way to replace the xdm login screen, unfortunately I can't
> remeber off the top of my head. If you have "Running Linux" by Matt Welsh
> (sp?) I know that it's discussed. If not I can look it up for you when I
> get home.
> Regards,
> 
> Harry Hoffman
> Product Systems Specialist
> Restaurants Unlimited Inc.
> 206.634.3082 x. 270
> 
> On Mon, 8 May 2000, Davida Schiff wrote:
> 
> > Thanks for the Link Liz. What I am refering to is the Red Hat specific
> > screen (ie Welcome to Red Hat..).
> > 
> > Davida
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Elizabeth Cortell [mailto:liz at zrusilla.com]
> > Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 9:40 AM
> > To: tech talk (E-mail)
> > Subject: Re: [techtalk] Can the boot up screen be replaced?
> > 
> > 
> > Are you talking about the very first screen you see, before all the boot
> > messages scroll by? That's the BIOS splash screen..  The i-opener discussion
> > board at www.linux-hacker.net just had a thread about replacing it.  Futzing
> > with your BIOS is a bit risky; be sure to back up the old BIOS image and
> > have a
> > handy method for reflashing your hapless chip.
> > 
> > Liz Cortell
> > 
> > 
> > Davida Schiff wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Hope everyones weekend was good. Quick (unusual) question...Is there any
> > way
> > > to hide the boot screen (on Red Hat 6.1)? I would like to replace it with
> > > short stories and poetry and pictures if possible. If so, where do I put
> > in
> > > a script for this? Can it be done? I would really like to personalize my
> > > Linux Box.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Davida
> > >
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