Animate Your LILO
Posted by
timothy
on Fri Feb 01, 2002 02:43 AM
from the an-animated-grub-sounds-disgusting dept.
from the an-animated-grub-sounds-disgusting dept.
clarkie.mg writes: "Most linux users still see the four letters LILO when booting the PC. It's now possible to have some cool graphics at boot time with the animated LILO. You can even play a game !" Be careful of the French.
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This is all very nice... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:English Version (Score:5, Informative)
I have quickly edited my web pages to add the correct links. My web pages were designed to automatically give you the most appropriate version (depending on the language settings in your browser, as explained on this page [gamers.org]). It's a pity that thimoty has posted the links that go to the French-only version of my pages.
The correct links should have been:
The site is hit rather badly by the Slashdot effect... You will have to be patient...
Breakout suggestion: (Score:5, Funny)
It would really help increase average uptimes, as admins would find new and innovative ways to avoid having to reboot.
Linux would reach the tops of the Netcraft uptime chart [netcraft.com] in no time!
Re:Breakout suggestion: (Score:5, Funny)
As a matter of fact, my plan is to release the "breakout" boot screen in two versions:
I could even release an even nastier version that would not let you boot anything until you have passed all levels. Then you would really have to think twice before rebooting... <evil grin>
P.S.: my site seems to be /.ed for the moment. I suggest that you wait until tomorrow before downloading these boot screens, in order to save some bandwidth today. In the meantime, I encourage you to visit 3D Gamers [3dgamers.com] and have some fun.
SuSE LILO required (was Re:Breakout suggestion) (Score:5, Informative)
Yes, you do need the SuSE version of LILO because this is the only version that includes support for callback functions and timer events. This is mandatory for making the animations work. All other versions of LILO can only display static images and do not let you choose where the menu is displayed, how the keyboard input should be handled, and so on.
This is explained on my help page [gamers.org].
By the way, if you go to a SuSE mirror site to download the required packages, you will find:
Have fun, but please read the warnings on my help page before playing with LILO.
Damn... but not TextMode (Score:3, Interesting)
But how about doing it in TextMode, animating each group of characters? I think PC Tools did it with their on-screen Text-mode mouse pointer which actually looked like a mouse pointer.
Of course, having a Penguin on the first three or so lines of my screen in text mode all the time would help too.
More Info and Warning (Score:3, Troll)
There is also a warning on the site for people planning on trying this out:
Before you try this, have a boot floppy ready. If something doesn't go as planned, you could RENDER YOUR SYSTEM UNBOOTABLE. You have been warned.
That explains... (Score:5, Funny)
Oh wait! let us play xbill on the boot screen. If Bill wins, the system boots Windows. If I win, I get my Linux back.
Make your own boot screen (Score:5, Informative)
But to do this you need a few prerequisites.
... know what The GIMP is.
... have already installed and activated The GIMP.
... know how to accomplish simple drawing activities.
... have already installed the LILO Splash Screen Script-Fu.
... know how to activate the LILO Splash Screen Script-Fu.
... know what you want
Removes the sting of improper configuration (Score:5, Funny)
"Error: could not boot OS. Do you want to play a game instead?"
That's user friendly.
Re:Removes the sting of improper configuration (Score:5, Funny)
> lets play global thermonuclear war
Wouldn't. You. Prefer. A. Nice. Game. Of. Chess. ?
> fuck no. lets play global thermonuclear war
LILILILILILILILILILILILILILILILILILILILILILILIL
The French (Score:5, Funny)
We are just regular people you know, we eat crème brulée every day just like the rest of you, drink expensive red wine while making silly faces as any normal person would, use our regular quota of "Oh la vache!" and "Sacrebleu", have run-o' the mill girl names and our poo smells like rose just like everybody else's
So there!
Microsoft take note (Score:4, Funny)
You are aiming for the same end user as M$ here - this will surely strike fear into the evil empire.
;)
Michael
Re:Microsoft take note (Score:4, Funny)
Of course, if someone implemented minesweeper and freecell in place of breakout, you'd have at least a shot at those people who don't really use Windows for much else
Re:Microsoft take note (Score:4, Funny)
Bonjour? (Score:3, Funny)
Great... (Score:3, Funny)
LILO Games... not new (Score:4, Funny)
In other words, when you won, everyone else on the system lost.
Be careful of the French. (Score:3, Flamebait)
Don't Forget GRUB (Score:4, Interesting)
Although I've used LILO for many years, I think at this point I've pretty much converted over to the GNU GRand Unified Bootloader (GRUB) [gnu.org].
What makes GRUB especially cool is that it doesn't need to be installed on the hard disk in order to boot systems from it. Not only can GRUB locate every hard disk in the system, not only does it understand different partitioning schemes (including BSD-style partitions), but it can also understand various filesystem structures. So if you forgot the name of that latest kernel image you wanted to test, GRUB will let you poke around the filesystem looking for it. GRUB even has a find command to do it for you.
GRUB also supports other systems by performing the traditional read-the-first-block-from-the-partition method using the chainloader command. This lets you boot other OSes whose filesystems GRUB doesn't understand.
Once you get past the arcane command syntax, GRUB turns out to be a wonderful tool. I recommend checking it out.
Schwab
easier way.... (Score:3, Interesting)
Hey Presto, new proverb every time you reboot.
Boot sector Russian roulette (Score:3)
This brings memory (Score:3, Funny)
Who knows, maybe someone will implement it on LILO or GRUB - it will surely be more fun to boot
gaah (Score:3, Insightful)
this is too much. crap like this, thrown in because it's "kewl", is why the real world doesn't take Linux seriously.
I want LILO to load my OS, and no more. I can wait until I boot to play games and see the pretty colors.
Re:Google's Translation (Score:5, Funny)
Ha ha ha... Thanks for the laugh!
It's a pity that the links posted in the story point to the French version of my pages because I wrote them first in English. If you had taken a minute to try the little button in the top right corner of my pages (the one with the English/French flag), you would have seen that you can easily switch between the English and French versions.
Posting a link to the automatic translation of a page that was already translated from English to French is a nice way to waste your time... (but that's the point of these LILO boot screens anyway, so maybe you are not completely wrong).