fbsplash, initrds and live-cds

[dibblethewrecker]

I successfully ported fbsplash to Arch Linux and we are now trying to implement it within Archie, the main Arch Live-CD. According to the splashutils docs:

Initrds aren't of much use for fbsplash as their contents aren't directly
accessible (ie. mounted) at the time fbcon is initialized.

It's theoretically possible to store the theme data in a classical initrd
and still make use of it, though. You would have to create a wrapper
/sbin/splash_helper script/program that would mount initrd.image, copy
the theme data to the rootfs and then call the real splash_helper. I
hasn't been tried so far, but it should work.

Basically I was wondering if anyone has: a) any tips on how to do this b) successfully built a live-cd with fbsplash support and c) what the initrd.splash file in splashutils-gentoo is for? I assume they are all related but i can't find any documentation. Any pointers to resources or advice would be much appreciated.

Cheers,

Phil