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From: Sarah Bernadette Kelly <sbk98 at uow.edu.au>
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Logo.sys needs to be in PCX format, and I believe it is at a resolution
of 320 * 240 (ick, I know). Might be 640 * 480 if you're lucky. Hope
that helps :)

Sarah

On Sun, 7 Oct 2001, Tony Bilbrough wrote:

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> G'day All,
> Subject: replacing Windows Shutdown Splash screen with ‘The Tux'
> Some time back I was given a non MS splash screen depicting clawing
> hands on a red background, and it looks great during boot up. It's the
> file  logo.sys in C:\, and replaces the original with no worries and
> works just fine - getting all the required attention.
> What I want to do is get a Tux splash screen to replace logos.sys and
> logow.sys [in \windows]
> *So
> At Humbug last week I got a pair of very nice Penguins doing Linux
> things and edited them with GQview, to have the correct headings.
> Then I converted them from JPEG to BMP file format and renamed the
> extension ‘.sys'. Same as the original one I was given, I thought. But
> this could be where I went wrong?
> Then I deleted the originals and installed the two Tux, with the .sys
> file extensions, in the windows folder.
>  
> However MS does not see them and just comes up with a text screen [which
> is better than the clouds, I confess] but I really want to advertise
> the  Linux o/s to my wife each time she shuts down her computer.
> 
> Can anyone tell me where I have gone wrong with the graphics? I know
> they are installed in the right place.
> 
> cheers Tony B
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