Quote Originally Posted by coolmoh
so just wanted to know what abt making my own f2 screen.. how it can be done.
Well, my advice is to forget modifying Knoppix f2 and f3 files. I myself have used files from Damn Small Linux as a base which are not so complicated.

But how to edit? There is no easy way. I have modified everything using Midnight Commander and then tested my file by Qemu. The only thing after doing a compressed filesystem is to make an isofs which don't take long in new machines, if you have dma enabled.

Perhaps you want to see one of my files (have 5 at this time). Edit isolinux.cfg if you add some more files :
Code:
F1 boot.msg
F2 f2
F3 f3
F4 f4
F5 f5
Here comes one of my file:

Code:
^Y^O17^L^O12^O17
^O1bSeuraavat ty.p.yd.t ovat valittavissa (oletus: kde)
(boot: linux desktop=ty.p.yd.n_nimi):^O17
^O70
 linux desktop=afterstep
 linux desktop=blackbox
 linux desktop=enlightenment
 linux desktop=fluxbox
 linux desktop=fvwm95
 linux desktop=gnome
 linux desktop=icewm
 linux desktop=ion3
 linux desktop=jwm
 linux desktop=matchbox
 linux desktop=olvwm
 linux desktop=pwm
 linux desktop=w9wm
 linux desktop=waimea
 linux dekstop=windowlab
 linux desktop=windowmaker
 linux desktop=wmaker
 linux desktop=wmii
 linux desktop=xfce4
^O1f
Not so compicated as Knoppix file but looks beautiful anyhow Be careful how many empty spaces you add after text if you want a justified box.

To help you with colors, following table might be useful:
Code:
0 = black
1 = dark blue
2 = dark green
3 = dark cyan
4 = dark red
5 = dark purple
6 = brown 
7 = light grey
8 = dark grey
9 = bright blue
a = bright green
b = bright cyan
c = bright red
d = bright purple
e = yellow
f = white
Just take a look once more at my file and try to figure out what e.g ^O70 means. The first ^O means Ctrl-O, 70 after that means that bg color is light grey (7) and fg color is black (0). Simple, isn't it?

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