Bootsplash graphics (Linux)

File Format
Name	Bootsplash graphics (Linux)
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics Bootsplash graphics (Linux)

The term "Bootsplash" is used generically, but in this article, Bootsplash graphics refers to a particular raster graphics file format apparently associated with an old Linux package and kernel patch named "Bootsplash".

The software allows custom graphics to be displayed while the computer is booting. It seems to have been discontinued around 2006.

[This article needs more research.]

Identification

Files start with ASCII "BOOTSPL1", "BOOTSPL2", or "BOOTSPL3".

Software

• [1] → (e.g.) bootsplash-3_1_11_1mdk.tar.bz2 → .../splash/splash.c does something with the format.

Sample files

• dexvert samples — image/bootsplash
• [2]

Links

• www.bootsplash.org - Wayback Machine archives