20 years ago

A short description to put it in your bootscenario if your kernel supports it:
1.Install the Package "bootsplash" (that's the name of the debian-package)
2. Browse to the folder:
file:/etc/bootsplash/themes/newlinux/config/
pick out the config file that describes your BOOT-Screen-resolution (I guess, it is 1024x168 by mostly all of us )
3. Change the folowing lines:
#################################################

# fgcolor is the text forground color.
# bgcolor is the text background (i.e. transparent) color.
fgcolor=8
bgcolor=0

# (tx, ty) are the (x, y) coordinates of the text window in pixels.
# tw/th is the width/height of the text window in pixels.
tx=10
ty=5
tw=400
th=758

# name of the picture file (full path recommended)
jpeg=/etc/bootsplash/themes/newlinux/images/bootsplash-1024x768.jpg
silentjpeg=/etc/bootsplash/themes/newlinux/images/silent-1024x768.jpg
#########################################################

4. Change the size of the picture to all needed values (640,480 up to 1600x1024)
5. Copy the picture to the folder:
file:/etc/bootsplash/themes/newlinux/images
and name it as it ist defined in the lines above (bootsplash-1024x768.jpg)
6. Reload the splash Manager with this new information, type (Bash):
splash -s -f /etc/bootsplash/themes/newlinux/config/bootsplash-1024x768.cfg >/boot/initrd.splash
7. Change your kernel boot options in /boot/grub/menu.list, add "splash=verbose"
8. Re-install grub (if you use the update option it may change your bootoptions.), type:
grub-install /dev/, e.g. grub-install /dev/hda

READY, that's all.
Although it works fine for me, i can't give any permission,that it also should work for you,- but i am quite sure- it will...
Any question ?
Look at bootsplash.org

Have fun.