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From: Dave Jones <davej@suse.de>
To: jbradford@dial.pipex.com
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] penguin logo code
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 18:54:30 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020724185430.N16446@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200207241649.g6OGnH5u000371@darkstar.example.net>; from jbradford@dial.pipex.com on Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 05:49:16PM +0100

On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 05:49:16PM +0100, jbradford@dial.pipex.com wrote:

> Just an idea, (and slightly off-topic), but would it be possible,
> (I.E. not a copyright infringement, and not liable to mess up any
> checksums anywhere), to replace the logo that typically occurs in X86
> BIOSen and fades away at boot, with a penguin?

Yes. However it is by no means trivial, and aparently rather
easy to screw up.

http://www.google.com/search?q=replacing+bios+logo
will give you a few hundred places to begin.

        Dave

-- 
| Dave Jones.        http://www.codemonkey.org.uk
| SuSE Labs

  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-07-24 16:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-07-24 15:15 [PATCH] penguin logo code Geert Uytterhoeven
2002-07-24 16:49 ` jbradford
2002-07-24 16:51   ` Thunder from the hill
2002-07-24 16:54   ` Dave Jones [this message]
2002-07-24 17:32   ` Andreas Dilger

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