1. You will need to have Gimp 2.6 installed and ready. Now create a new picture with 640 x 480 (480 minus some space for the text cursor). The original Slitaz splash will be 640 x 346 pixels. 2. Now create your image,with your creative works. When done, change the image mode to indexed colors. IMAGE > MODE > INDEXED The pre-boot image can only have 16 different colors, minus 2 colors for the text. So, you have to select "Maximum Number Of Color = 14", reserving 2 colors for the text. 3. Now save the image in PPM format: FILE -> SAVE AS -> SELECT FILE TYPE (BY EXTENSION) -> PPM IMAGE Save it (as RAW ppm). 4. Convert the PPM image to LSS image using Syslinux utility ppmtolss16 (a Perl program that comes with the Syslinux package). # wget http://ftp.nluug.nl/sunsite/system/boot/loaders/syslinux-3.75.tar.gz # tar xzf syslinux-3.75.tar.gz Inside the directory syslinux-3.75/utils you can find the "ppmtolss16" Perl script. Copy the file "ppmtolss16...
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