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Boot Loader Revamped
Revamp your boot loader using custom image of your choice.
Step 1: Convert image to desired format
convert -depth 8 -colors 14 -resize 640x480 \ /home/domnic/grub-pics/photo.jpg /home/domnic/grub-pics/photo.xpm
Change path to the image as per your system/choice.
Step 2: Compress it to the gz format
cd /home/domnic/grub-pics gzip photo.xpm
Step 3: Copy the compressed file to the GRUB directory
Copy file output from Step 2.
photo.xpm.gz in my case to /boot/grub directory
cp /home/domnic/grub-pics/photo.xpm.gz /boot/grub
Step 4: Edit GRUB config to set the image
Open the GRUB configuration file grub.conf or menu.lst depending on your system.
Change the following:
splashimage=/grub/splash.xpm.gz to
splashimage=/grub/photo.xpm.gz to
Reboot the system and voila you have your own custom boot screen.
Disclaimer: As with everything else at Cool Solutions, this content is definitely not supported by Novell (so don't even think of calling Support if you try something and it blows up).
It was contributed by a community member and is published "as is." It seems to have worked for at least one person, and might work for you. But please be sure to test, test, test before you do anything drastic with it.
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