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wayne mitchell wrote:
> hey
> got question/problem for /boot/loader
> 
> system: freeBSD 8.1-RELEASE GENERIC
> 
> trying to get a bitmap onscreen for bootup
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> have read man page for all boot associated stuff (loader.conf...)
> and followed instructions
> using following values in /boot/loader.conf :
> 
> bitmap_load="YES"        # have tried commenting this out also
> vesa_load="YES"
> splash_bmp_load="YES"
> bitmap_name="/boot/splash.bmp"
> 
> the splash.bmp size is about 900x700
> does not work
> am using /boot/loader.rc as preset (includes loader.4th and beastie.4th)
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Try putting vesa_load="YES" first.