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Howto : GfxBoot ( Grub like suse )
Gfxboot makes grub look nicer but with the same features
In this howto you will install gfxboot and a suse theme for it, soon I'll make an ubuntu one Ok, let's start Download the grub-gfxboot.deb And the message.suse First remove your old grub Code:
sudo apt-get remove grub Code:
sudo dpkg -i grub-gfxboot_0.97-5_i386.deb Code:
sudo cp message.suse /boot/grub/ # the suse can be replaced by the one you downloaded Code:
sudo cp /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/menu.lst_backup sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst Code:
gfxmenu /boot/grub/message.suse # the suse can be replaced Then do : Code:
sudo grub grub> find /boot/grub/stage1 (hdx,y) # this will be the output grub> root (hdx,y) grub> setup (hdx) Code:
mkdir /home/name/whatever cpio -i < /boot/grub/message.suse # replace it by the name of you message edit the pictures sudo ls . |cpio -o > /boot/grub/message.new Thanks to Quasar_freak and kno here are some themes posted in this thread )Light Green generic theme [message.gobo] | Link | Screenshot Dark Brown (Dapper look) generic theme [message.new] | Link | Screenshot Medium blue kubuntu theme [message.kubuntu] | Link | Screenshot Dark grey ubuntu theme [message.ubugrey] | Link | Screenshot Medium brown ubuntu theme [message.ububrown] | Link | Screenshot Light orange ubuntu theme [message.ubu] | Link | Screenshot Red ubuntu theme [message.new] | Link | Screenshot Fuzzy blue and black ubuntu theme [message.bluspash] | Link | Screenshot White / Grey Snowish generic theme [message.snow] | Link | Screenshot Linspire-style blue kubuntu theme [message.kubu] | Link | Screenshot Old- Grub style dark blue and light blue [message.kubu] | Link | Screenshot Light blue / grey Xubuntu theme [message.xubu] | Link | Screenshot[/quote] Grtz PingunZ Last edited by PingunZ; August 16th, 2006 at 05:58 PM.. |
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Gee! These Aren't Roasted!
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Re: Howto : GfxBoot ( Grub like suse )
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Do you mean that we should do "sudo fdisk -l" then with the result of that command do "grub-install /dev/hda" or "grub-install /dev/sda" If so then your guide suggests to do "grub-install /dev/X" first. Being a newcomer i really down want to mess up my grub installation and so want to be sure. |
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Re: Howto : GfxBoot ( Grub like suse )
yes, if fdisk tells you about sda you should replace the X with sda
so /dev/sda same thing for hda fdisk has nothing to do with grub, its just for you to know if you got sda or hda Grtz PingunZ |
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Re: Howto : GfxBoot ( Grub like suse )
Any comments ?
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Re: Howto : GfxBoot ( Grub like suse )
Hello,
The command grub-install doesn't work for me, instead I do : Code:
grub > root (hd0,0) > setup (hd0) Thanks for this howto. PS: I use the theme GoboGrub. |
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Re: Howto : GfxBoot ( Grub like suse )
Ty kno, I changed it
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Re: Howto : GfxBoot ( Grub like suse )
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Disk /dev/sda: 203.9 GB, 203928109056 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24792 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 6375 51207156 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda2 6376 24791 147926520 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sda5 6376 12748 51191091 b W95 FAT32 /dev/sda6 12749 24791 96735366 7 HPFS/NTFS Disk /dev/sdb: 81.9 GB, 81964302336 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9964 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 1 9964 80035798+ 7 HPFS/NTFS Disk /dev/hdc: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdc1 * 1 9351 75111876 83 Linux /dev/hdc2 9352 9729 3036285 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/hdc5 9352 9729 3036253+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris I tried root (sda1,0) and got an parse number error. |
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Re: Howto : GfxBoot ( Grub like suse )
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sudo grub grub> find /boot/grub/stage1 (hdx,y) grub> root (hdx,y) grub> setup (hdx) |
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Re: Howto : GfxBoot ( Grub like suse )
hum... I tried the how to but my grub still looks exactly the same as it did before... did I do something wrong?
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Re: Howto : GfxBoot ( Grub like suse )
Cool, thanks Kno, that worked. Kind of. Turned out that i needed to run grub as root (sudo).
Problem is that i followed the guide and rebooted, still the old boot menu. Erm, I: 1. Downloaded the files 2. Uninstalled grub 3. Installed debs 4. Copied file to /boot/grub 5. Added line to menu.lst (added it at the very top, i.e. line 1) 6. Entered the Grub commands 7. Rebooted Did i miss a step? |
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