[ltp] Replacing the bios bootsplash?

Joachim Breitner linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 02 Nov 2004 19:05:22 +0100


Hi,

Am Dienstag, den 02.11.2004, 18:32 +0100 schrieb Joachim Breitner:
> > Create a BIOS update diskette and read the readme.txt file included.  T=
his
> > file describes all required steps to replace the logo.
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> Would be interesting. I can't find it in the .txt accompanying the .exe
> file I can download from ibm. Unfortunatelly, I have no way to convert
> that .exe file into a floppy image. What can I do?

Well, I got the bios floppies extracted (using some hacks with dosemu
and loopback devices).

The image I used is the grub-theme from debbblue, converted to a 16 bit
BMP using imagemagick.

Now, I will try to flash my bios using a rewriteable CD. Tell you more
later..

Joachim
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