[CentOS] New /boot/message file?
Johnny Hughes
johnny at centos.org
Sun Jul 15 13:10:56 UTC 2012
On 07/15/2012 08:06 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote:
> On 07/15/2012 07:10 AM, Keith Roberts wrote:
>> I've just updated my 5.8 box and there's a new kernel to be
>> installed.
>>
>> Looking at /boot/ directory I see this file called message:
>>
>> -rw-r--r-- root root 80032 Mar 12 2009 message
>>
>> Can anyone twll me what this message file is for please?
>>
>> Is this a new grub or kernel file?
>
> [hughesjr at localhost boot]$ rpm -q --whatprovides /boot/message
> redhat-logos-4.9.99-11.el5.centos.noarch
>
> [hughesjr at chakra boot]$ file /boot/message
> /boot/message: PCX ver. 3.0 image data bounding box [0, 0] - [319, 199],
> 8-bit colour, 300 x 300 dpi, RLE compressed
>
> This is the graphical image that grub uses when you boot. see this for
> details:
>
> http://www.centos.org/docs/2/rhl-rg-en-7.2/s1-boot-init-shutdown-booting.html
>
> NOTE: This file is not new, it has been in /boot/ since the Red Hat
> Linux 5.x days at least.
>
I said GRUB ... I meant LILO :D
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