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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
    Then Install the gfxboot-grub
    Code:
    sudo dpkg -i grub-gfxboot_0.97-5_i386.deb
    then we're going to move the message
    Code:
    sudo cp message.suse /boot/grub/ # the suse can be replaced by the one you downloaded
    Then edit your menu.lst

    Code:
    sudo cp /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/menu.lst_backup
    sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
    and make it use gfxboot
    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)
    -- Howto make you own theme --


    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
    Reboot and enjoy
    Thanks to Quasar_freak and kno

    here are some themes posted in this thread ( ty )

    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 10:58 PM.

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    Re: Howto : GfxBoot ( Grub like suse )

    Quote Originally Posted by PingunZ
    Then install it
    Code:
    grub-install /dev/X
    Then do :
    Code:
    sudo fdisk -l
    and if it talks about hda replace X with hda, if it talks about sda ...
    Sorry, first thicko question...

    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)
    Now, it runs very well.

    Thanks for this howto.

    PS: I use the theme GoboGrub.

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    Re: Howto : GfxBoot ( Grub like suse )

    Quote Originally Posted by kno View Post
    Hello,

    The command grub-install doesn't work for me, instead I do :
    Code:
    grub
    > root (hd0,0)
    > setup (hd0)
    Now, it runs very well.

    Thanks for this howto.

    PS: I use the theme GoboGrub.
    When I open http://dev.gentoo.org/~spyderous/splash/gobo/

    I'm getting 404 Not found error...
    Go for ogg vorbis.

    It is Free, Open and has all stuffs that you need.

    --------------------------------

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    Don't even expect Windows here.

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    Re: Howto : GfxBoot ( Grub like suse )

    I know there's a way to compile gfxboot message files, and this aint it.
    I borrowed from http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...4&postcount=15
    and did some editing. I'm sure others can do better but this works for me. If you want you can copy this message.new.tar.gz , extract it and sudo cp
    into /boot/grub directory and edit menu.lst accordingly. Just please back up menu.lst first.
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    Re: Howto : GfxBoot ( Grub like suse )

    I made a Kubuntu gfxboot

    Screenshot

    message.kubuntu.tar.gz

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    Re: Howto : GfxBoot ( Grub like suse )

    Ty kno, I changed it

    Grtz PingunZ

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    Re: Howto : GfxBoot ( Grub like suse )

    Quote Originally Posted by PingunZ
    Ty kno, I changed it

    Grtz PingunZ
    Here is my fdisk -l output:

    Code:
    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
    What is my boot disk?

    I tried root (sda1,0) and got an parse number error.

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