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Upgrading your grub boot screen image. basically just set the splashimage to be the file of your choice. I took our logo and with the gimp saved it as a 4 bit xpm at size xxx by yyy.
  • here is ft-splash.xpm.gz, note that this file goes into /boot/grub/ft-splash.xpm.gz.
  • here is my /etc/grub.conf
    # grub.conf generated by anaconda
    #
    # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
    # NOTICE:  You have a /boot partition.  This means that
    #          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
    #          root (hd0,1)
    #          kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda3
    #          initrd /initrd-version.img
    #boot=/dev/hda
    default=2
    timeout=30
    splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/ft-splash.xpm.gz
    title Red Hat Linux (2.4.9-31)
    	root (hd0,1)
    	kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.9-31 ro root=/dev/hda3 hdb=ide-scsi
    	initrd /initrd-2.4.9-31.img
    title Red Hat Linux (2.4.9-21)
    	root (hd0,1)
    	kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.9-21 ro root=/dev/hda3 hdb=ide-scsi
    	initrd /initrd-2.4.9-21.img
    #title Red Hat Linux (2.4.9-13)
    #	root (hd0,1)
    #	kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.9-13 ro root=/dev/hda3 hdb=ide-scsi
    #	initrd /initrd-2.4.9-13.img
    #title Red Hat Linux (2.4.7-10)
    #	root (hd0,1)
    #	kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.7-10 ro root=/dev/hda3 hdb=ide-scsi
    #	initrd /initrd-2.4.7-10.img
    title DOS
    	rootnoverify (hd0,0)
    	chainloader +1
    

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    Disclaimer

    The information provided within these pages is provided AS IS, and without any warranty. Following these directions may (but not limited to) crash your computer, delete all the information on your hard disk, open up security holes or cause your house to burn down. I made these pages to provide some information about the setup that I have done, but I did not proofread it for correctness, and in most cases did not test it. There are commands in these pages that would definately delete or corrupt all the data on your computer (especially the dualboot section). In fact it happened to me.... So you are on your own!


    Cameron Gregory