You can patch and rebuild your kernel with a patch from here:
http://bootsplash.de/

More info on bootsplash can be found here:
http://bootsplash.org

or get Kano's latest 2.6.7 kernel as it is already patched.

http://kanotix.com/files/kernel/kern....7-kanotix.zip

echo "deb http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list

apt-get update && apt-get install sysv-rc-bootsplash bootsplash kernel-patch-bootsplash bootsplash-theme-debian-tux

When you configure bootsplash selcet 'none'
Allow bootsplash to configure startup scripts? 'YES'
Edit your boot loader.

A grub example:

root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.7-kanotix root=/dev/hda1 ro splash=silent vga=791
initrd /boot/initrd.splash
savedefault
boot

A lilo example:

image=/boot/vmlinuz
initrd=/boot/initrd.splash
append="splash=silent"
vga=791

voila!