the

_drafts/2021-05-28-pretty-boot-screen-no-plymouth.md

@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@ environment that the initramfs uses. Here's what your welcome hook could look
 like:
 
 ```
-REPLACE THIS TEXT WITH THE WELCOME HOOK WHEN YOU GET ON YOUR LAPTOP
+#!/bin/sh
+
+run_hook() {
+	echo -e "Welcome to YOUR_COMPUTER, YOUR_NAME."
+	echo -e "Getting everything set up for you..."
+}
 ```
 
 You'll also want to create a file with the same name in `/etc/initcpio/install`,
@@ -30,7 +35,14 @@ text you want. The build function will just contain `add_runscript`, to add the
 file we put in the hooks folder. Here's what yours could look like:
 
 ```
-REPLACE THIS TEXT TOO
+#!/bin/sh
+build() {
+	add_runscript
+}
+
+help() {
+	echo "welcoem mesage"
+}
 ```
 
 When that's done, you can add the `welcome` hook somewhere early on in the hooks
@@ -48,7 +60,7 @@ silence the extra messages that the kernel usually spits out while booting up.
 The default font for the console may not be your favorite. Thankfully, there are
 plenty of fonts you can try out, kept in `/usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/`, and can
 be [previewed using `setfont`](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Linux_console#Preview_and_temporary_changes).
-I use the **WHAT FONT DO I USE?** font, and I have it
+I use the `ter-c18n` font, and I have it
 [set persistently](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Linux_console#Persistent_configuration)
 in `/etc/vconsole.conf`. To have the console load your font early on in the boot
 process, you can just add `consolefont` somewhere in your mkinitcpio hooks
@@ -78,8 +90,6 @@ hook to that same hooks array we've been adding stuff to, run `mkinitcpio -P`,
 and reboot. You should be greeted with your welcome message, in your own font,
 with your own colors.
 
-![image](/assets/examplebootscreen.png)
-
 ## Extra
 
 I have an encrypted hard drive, so I'm able to put a message that appears only
@@ -94,4 +104,4 @@ type the correct password, I'm greeted by my laptop, and it loads everything up.
 
 I hope this has been helpful not only for making a cool boot screen without
 Plymouth, but I hope I also helped you learn more about how Arch Linux boots its
-system using an initramfs. 
+system using an initramfs.