====== elilo theme ======

====== step 1 ======
grab the theme

<code>git clone https://gitlab.com/ethelack/elilo-textmenu-message-themes ~/elilo-textmenu-message-themes</code>

====== step 2 ======
find /boot/efi mountpoint

<code>mount | grep /boot/efi</code>

====== step 3 ======
find elilo.conf

<code>find /boot/efi -name "elilo*"</code>

====== step 3 ======
change directory to wherever you saved the themes

<code>cd ~/elilo-textmenu-message-themes</code>

====== step 4 ======
switch user to root

<code>su -</code>

====== step 5 ======
copy theme files

<code>cp *.msg /boot/efi/EFI/Slackware</code>

======  step 6 ======

You will have to hash out or remove the following two simple menu options.
<code>#chooser=simple
#message=boot_message.txt</code> 

Then add in the textmenu options:
to instruct elilo to run the textmenu on reboot.
"chooser=textmenu"
option to specify the name of the textmenu-message.msg file to use as the theme.
"message="

It is recommended to add the "f1" and "f2" options so that help information is accesible from the boot menu.
The f1 "General" and f2 "Params" help files are themed in similar colours to the textmenu-message files.

The colours are:
blue            green-trans         yellow-trans
red             grey-trans
cyan-trans      red-trans

The "prompt" option instructs elilo to enter interactive mode so that the user can select a kernel label at 
the boot prompt. This has to be used to enable the textmenu dialog box to be displayed.

"delay" option is the amount of time in 10ths/sec when not in interactive mode to wait 
before auto booting. Default is 0.

"timeout" option is the amount of time in 10ths/sec when in interactive mode to wait 
before auto booting the default kernel. Default is infinity.




An example elilo.conf

<code>prompt
chooser=textmenu
message=textmenu-message-red-trans.msg
f1=General-red-trans.msg
f2=Params-red-trans.msg
timeout=500
default=Gen6.9.1
image=vmlinuz-generic-6.9.0
  label=Gen6.9.0
  initrd=initrd-6.9.0.gz
  append="ADD_YOUR_KERNEL_APPEND_ENTRIES_HERE"
  read-only
image=vmlinuz-generic-6.9.1
  label=Gen6.9.1
  initrd=initrd-6.9.1.gz
  append="mitigations=off"
  read-only
image=vmlinuz-huge-6.9.0
  label=Hug6.9.0
  initrd=initrd-6.9.0.gz
  append="ADD_YOUR_KERNEL_APPEND_ENTRIES_HERE"
  read-only
image=vmlinuz-huge-6.9.1
  label=Hug6.9.1
  initrd=initrd-6.9.1.gz
  append="ADD_YOUR_KERNEL_APPEND_ENTRIES_HERE"
  read-only</code>