GRUB Splashscreen

Mooses · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 16 Jul 2002 Posts: 128

Hi guys

What exactly do i need to have some nice splashscreen at bootup, instead of an annoying menu?

I followed the installation instructions and all worked very well (so far), only grub doesn't display the splachscreen.

tomkamphuys · Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2002 3:21 pm Post subject:

I had the same 'problem' too installing a stage 1 system. After that I tried a stage 3 and there it was, a splashcreen.

But I guess you can use any picture as long as it has the right dimension (640x480, I think) and name it just like it says in your /boot/grub/menu.lst Remember to mount /dev/hda? to /boot before copying the graphics file to that place. Here ? is the number of the partition that hold the 'boot-sector'. If you followed the instructions exactly, it should be /dev/hda1

Hope this solves your problem.
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Guest · Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2002 3:43 pm Post subject:

640x480 14 color indexed xpm gz compressed.

Ard Righ · Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2002 5:52 am Post subject:

Err, how does one go about creating indexed xpm files ?

Does Photoshop support xpm file format ?

kybber · Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2002 6:28 am Post subject:

Do a quick search on these forums for the terms xpm grub and possibly gimp. Should give you plenty information on creating such images.

Guest · Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2002 1:21 pm Post subject:

I made mine with the Gimp, after making the pciture you like go to
image->mode->index, use 14 colors. Then save as xpm. gzip, copy to
/boot/grub (or overwrite the original, whatever strikes your fancy).
Update /boot/grub/menu.lst to point to the new file, and voila (at reboot).

aequitas · Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2002 4:37 pm Post subject:

is it possible to hide the menu in grub but show the splash screen.

i tried hiddenmenu 1 but it hides the splash also
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