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Boot Logo - what the hell?
krick:
--- Quote from: gamecreature on August 31, 2006, 09:57:50 am ---I'm reasonably certain that Windows XP MUST use a 640 x 480 4-bit (16 color) boot screen. That's the nature of the beast. They want to make sure that it still looks good even if you boot up in safe mode.
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We're talking about the motherboard splash screen, not the windows boot screen.
gamecreature:
--- Quote from: krick on August 31, 2006, 11:49:49 am ---
--- Quote from: gamecreature on August 31, 2006, 09:57:50 am ---I'm reasonably certain that Windows XP MUST use a 640 x 480 4-bit (16 color) boot screen. That's the nature of the beast. They want to make sure that it still looks good even if you boot up in safe mode.
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We're talking about the motherboard splash screen, not the windows boot screen.
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Are you sure? I didn't think bootskin dealt with that. My mistake.
krick:
--- Quote from: gamecreature on August 31, 2006, 12:12:47 pm ---
--- Quote from: krick on August 31, 2006, 11:49:49 am ---
--- Quote from: gamecreature on August 31, 2006, 09:57:50 am ---I'm reasonably certain that Windows XP MUST use a 640 x 480 4-bit (16 color) boot screen. That's the nature of the beast. They want to make sure that it still looks good even if you boot up in safe mode.
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We're talking about the motherboard splash screen, not the windows boot screen.
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Are you sure? I didn't think bootskin dealt with that. My mistake.
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Errr... I stand corrected. I was thrown off by the mention of the BIOS in the original post. My bad.
Boz:
I'm so pleased with myself when I can actually sound like I know WTF I'm talking about, all the while mixing technologies to the point where no one in the thread ends up knowing what I'm talking about. :)
Actually, what I *was* talking about was the Windows Boot logo that is replaced by the utility "Boot Skin". I think I referenced the maximum color palette of the BIOS because I was confused as to why a custom XP boot logo would actually require only a 4-bit image. So without getting into *that* conversation...
It seems to me that Boot Skin should accept (and correctly display) my custom boot logo (with the colorful scrolling bar) without screwing up the colors like it does. I didn't find anything in the documentation that says it's limited to a specific palette. The image I posted above is a true 4-bit image and has the exact measurements required by the utility, but Monika's skin is all messed up.
Here's a pic of the image as it looks while booting. Compare this to the image it's supposed to be. I'll post it again as I boot my main workstation with this same logo.
Boz:
BTW, I didn't even know that section was in the wiki. Thanks MYX.
I just booted both my main workstation and my Mame computer using the MS method (boot.bmp in Windows dir + boot.ini switches) and the graphic came up *beautifully*. So... clearly my problem is either with the application Boot Skin, or in my implementation of it. As I said earlier, I followed a tutorial that someone posted here, but there's a pure nuts-n-bolts version on the wiki that I'm gonna walk through real quick.
I'll let ya'll know.