Added ANSI escape codes for some messages. This works both in standard and graphics modes.

src/.config

@@ -116,5 +116,10 @@ COPY_SOURCE_ISO=true
 # requires more than 1MB free space. The solution is to use folder overlay or to
 # edit the script 'xx_generate_iso.sh' and set it to create sparse image file
 # with bigger size.
-BUILD_OVERLAY_SOFTWARE=true
+BUILD_OVERLAY_SOFTWARE=false
+
+# This property enables the standard penguin boot logo in the upper left corner
+# of the screen. The property is used in 'xx_build_kernel.sh'. The default value
+# is 'true' for demonstration purposes.
+USE_BOOT_LOGO=true
 

src/02_build_kernel.sh

@@ -42,10 +42,19 @@ else
   # Step 2 - enable the 'xz' compression option.
   sed -i "s/.*CONFIG_KERNEL_XZ.*/CONFIG_KERNEL_XZ=y/" .config
 
-  #sed -i "s/.*CONFIG_DRM_CIRRUS_QEMU.*/CONFIG_DRM_CIRRUS_QEMU=y/" .config
+  # Enable the VESA framebuffer for graphics support.
-  #sed -i "s/.*CONFIG_DRM_BOCHS.*/CONFIG_DRM_BOCHS=y/" .config
-  #sed -i "s/.*CONFIG_FB_CIRRUS.*/CONFIG_FB_CIRRUS=y/" .config
   sed -i "s/.*CONFIG_FB_VESA.*/CONFIG_FB_VESA=y/" .config
+
+  # Read the 'USE_BOOT_LOGO' property from '.config'
+  USE_BOOT_LOGO="$(grep -i USE_BOOT_LOGO $SRC_DIR/.config | cut -f2 -d'=')"
+
+  if [ "$USE_BOOT_LOGO" = "true" ] ; then
+    sed -i "s/.*CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_CLUT224.*/CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_CLUT224=y/" .config
+    echo "Boot logo is enabled."
+  else
+    sed -i "s/.*CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_CLUT224.*/\\# CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_CLUT224 is not set/" .config
+    echo "Boot logo is disabled."
+  fi
 fi
 
 # Compile the kernel with optimization for 'parallel jobs' = 'number of processors'.

src/minimal_rootfs/etc/03_init.sh

@@ -37,15 +37,21 @@
 #
 # exec /sbin/init
 
+# Set cyan color.
+echo -en "\\e[36m"
+
 # Print message on screen.
 cat << CEOF
 
-  Press empty key (ESC, TAB, SPACE, ENTER) or wait 5 seconds to continue with
+  Press empty key (TAB, SPACE, ENTER) or wait 5 seconds to continue with the
-  the system initialization process. Press any other key for PID 1 rescue shell
+  system initialization process. Press any other key for PID 1 rescue shell
   outside of the initramfs area.
 
 CEOF
 
+# Unset all attributes.
+echo -en "\\e[0m"
+
 # Wait 5 second or until any keybord key is pressed.
 read -t 5 -n1 -s key
 

src/minimal_rootfs/etc/04_bootscript.sh

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #                    |
 #                    +--(2) /bin/sh (Alt + F4)
 
-echo "Welcome to \"Minimal Linux Live\" (/sbin/init)"
+echo -e "\\e[32mWelcome to \"Minimal Linux Live\" \\e[35m(/sbin/init)\\e[0m"
 
 for DEVICE in /sys/class/net/* ; do
   echo "Found network device ${DEVICE##*/}" 

src/minimal_rootfs/etc/inittab

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 ::sysinit:/etc/04_bootscript.sh
 ::restart:/sbin/init
-::shutdown:echo "Sync file buffers..."
+::shutdown:echo -e "\n\\e[35mSync all file buffers...\\e[0m"
 ::shutdown:sync
-::shutdown:echo "Unmount all filesystems..."
+::shutdown:echo -e "\\e[35mUnmount all filesystems...\\e[0m"
 ::shutdown:umount -a -r
+::shutdown:echo -e "\n\\e[32mSee you soon! :)\\e[0m\n"
+::shutdown:sleep 1
 ::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/reboot
-::once:cat /etc/welcome.txt
+::once:/etc/welcome.sh 32
 ::respawn:/bin/cttyhack /bin/sh
 tty2::once:cat /etc/welcome.txt
 tty2::respawn:/bin/sh

src/minimal_rootfs/etc/welcome.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Set cyan color.
+echo -en "\\e[$1m"
+
+cat /etc/welcome.txt
+
+# Unset all attributes.
+echo -en "\\e[0m"
+

src/minimal_rootfs/init

@@ -26,20 +26,27 @@
 #                    |
 #                    +--(2) /bin/sh (Alt + F4)
 
-echo "Welcome to \"Minimal Linux Live\" (/init)"
+echo -e "\\e[32mWelcome to \"Minimal Linux Live\" \\e[35m(/init)\\e[0m"
 
 # Let's mount all core file systems.
 /etc/01_prepare.sh
 
+# Set cyan color.
+echo -en "\\e[36m"
+
 # Print message on screen.
 cat << CEOF
 
-  Press empty key (ESC, TAB, SPACE, ENTER) or wait 5 seconds to continue with
+  Press empty key (TAB, SPACE, ENTER) or wait 5 seconds to continue with the
-  the overlay initialization process. Press any other key for PID 1 rescue shell
+  overlay initialization process. Press any other key for PID 1 rescue shell
   inside the initramfs area.
 
 CEOF
 
+# Unset all attributes.
+echo -en "\\e[0m"
+
+
 # Wait 5 second or until any keybord key is pressed.
 read -t 5 -n1 -s key
 

src/qemu32.sh

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 if [ "$1" = "-hdd" -o "$1" = "-h" ] ; then
   echo "Starting QEMU with attached ISO image and hard disk."
-  qemu-system-i386 -m 64M -cdrom minimal_linux_live.iso -hda hdd.img -boot d
+  qemu-system-i386 -m 64M -cdrom minimal_linux_live.iso -hda hdd.img -boot d -vga std
 else
   echo "Starting QEMU with attached ISO image and no hard disk."
   qemu-system-i386 -m 64M -cdrom minimal_linux_live.iso -boot d -vga std

src/qemu64.sh

@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
 
 if [ "$1" = "-hdd" -o "$1" = "-h" ] ; then
   echo "Starting QEMU with attached ISO image and hard disk."
-  qemu-system-x86_64 -m 64M -cdrom minimal_linux_live.iso -hda hdd.img -boot d
+  qemu-system-x86_64 -m 64M -cdrom minimal_linux_live.iso -hda hdd.img -boot d -vga std
 else
   echo "Starting QEMU with attached ISO image."
-  qemu-system-x86_64 -m 64M -cdrom minimal_linux_live.iso -boot d
+  qemu-system-x86_64 -m 64M -cdrom minimal_linux_live.iso -boot d -vga std
 fi