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@@ -48,4 +48,21 @@ for more information about this).
Some stuff here has been inspired from what SuSe does (kudos to Suse).
-Chmouel Boudjnah <chmouel@mandrakesoft.com>
+LILO boot images
+================
+
+Lilo boot image are generated with the bmp2mdk script that can be found
+in Mandrake Linux lilo package.
+
+The command to generate the message file looks like:
+
+./bmp2mdk mode:0x101 timer:63+280,80+358,64+83,64+119 entry:63+144,80+70,64+84,64+119,9,42 clear:480,640,64+119 pos:63,80 progress:0x15e,0x97,0xa,0xe < installboot82-eus.bmp > boot.msg
+
+or
+
+./bmp2mdk mode:0x101 clear:480,640,64+119 pos:63,80 progress:0x15e,0x97,0x0a,0x0e,64+59 < installboot82-eus.bmp > boot.msg
+
+the +119 value must be adapted to the given color palette for the picture used.
+
+
+Chmouel Boudjnah <chmouel@mandrakesoft.com> - Warly <warly@mandrakesoft.com>