GRUB

[geezer]

Under 9.04 there was a nifty and handy GRUB utility that let you set various stuff for GRUB.

For example, I could set the splash screen.

It was accessed through:\

"System Settings->Advanced->"

don't remember the exact name on the Advanced screen.

Is that utility still available??

If so where?

I know I can edit "menu.lst", but the utility was such a handy way to do the job and I didn't have to go and re-read the GRUB docs and learn new configuration file commands, etc.

[Qqmike]

Re: GRUB

Hi geezer. Well, it's all changed now with GRUB 2 in 9.10. We are all hoping that someone will produce a GOOD GUI for GRUB 2 configuring, but there is nothing so far. In GRUB 2, you do not edit the boot menu directly (which is now called /boot/grub/grub.cfg instead of menu.lst); instead you edit some other configuration files.

General:
GRUB 2 A Guide for Users
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3106368.0
Really good on introduction and grub.cfg, including a little on splash images:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1195275
herman is pretty good on splash images and graphics:
http://members.iinet.net/%7Eherman54...ashimages.html

Unfortunately, there is no official Manual yet (it is not close to being completed):
http://grub.enbug.org/Manual


Now, you can remove GRUB 2 and install Legacy GRUB and carry on as you have always done, if you wish.
Install GRUB Legacy using your package manager.
Then install that GRUB to the MBR of your first BIOS boot drive, using SECTION 3 here:
How To GRUB Methods - Toolkit
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3081671.0
Then uninstall GRUB 2 or just leave it sitting there (no harm done, and it will get its updates in case you ever want to go back to it or experiment).

[geezer]

Re: GRUB

Thanks - I wasn't aware the 9.10 had moved to GRUB 2. I had seen little things about GRUB 2 and wondered about it and when it would move to a distro.

Well - time for some reading. I really like the splash screens - that white on black really doesn't look good at all. :P

Hi geezer. Well, it's all changed now with GRUB 2 in 9.10. We are all hoping that someone will produce a GOOD GUI for GRUB 2 configuring, but there is nothing so far. In GRUB 2, you do not edit the boot menu directly (which is now called /boot/grub/grub.cfg instead of menu.lst); instead you edit some other configuration files.

General:
GRUB 2 A Guide for Users
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3106368.0
Really good on introduction and grub.cfg, including a little on splash images:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1195275
herman is pretty good on splash images and graphics:
http://members.iinet.net/%7Eherman54...ashimages.html

Unfortunately, there is no official Manual yet (it is not close to being completed):
http://grub.enbug.org/Manual


Now, you can remove GRUB 2 and install Legacy GRUB and carry on as you have always done, if you wish.
Install GRUB Legacy using your package manager.
Then install that GRUB to the MBR of your first BIOS boot drive, using SECTION 3 here:
How To GRUB Methods - Toolkit
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3081671.0
Then uninstall GRUB 2 or just leave it sitting there (no harm done, and it will get its updates in case you ever want to go back to it or experiment).

[geezer]

Re: GRUB

When I booted today, I looked more closely at the Grub menu screen and noticed that it lists the grub version:

1.97-beta 4

That's Grub-2

Or does the "-2" refer to the fact that it is the grub successor and not the version number?

If the former, Grub-2 is all the way up to version 1.97?

And why is it labeled beta 4. Seems it must be stable enough for 9.10 to have used it.

Okay - disregard the above - I finally got the time to read the links you pointed to. I see that it states Grub 2 (version 1.97)

Question answered.

Hi geezer. Well, it's all changed now with GRUB 2 in 9.10. We are all hoping that someone will produce a GOOD GUI for GRUB 2 configuring, but there is nothing so far. In GRUB 2, you do not edit the boot menu directly (which is now called /boot/grub/grub.cfg instead of menu.lst); instead you edit some other configuration files.

General:
GRUB 2 A Guide for Users
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3106368.0
Really good on introduction and grub.cfg, including a little on splash images:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1195275
herman is pretty good on splash images and graphics:
http://members.iinet.net/%7Eherman54...ashimages.html

Unfortunately, there is no official Manual yet (it is not close to being completed):
http://grub.enbug.org/Manual


Now, you can remove GRUB 2 and install Legacy GRUB and carry on as you have always done, if you wish.
Install GRUB Legacy using your package manager.
Then install that GRUB to the MBR of your first BIOS boot drive, using SECTION 3 here:
How To GRUB Methods - Toolkit
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3081671.0
Then uninstall GRUB 2 or just leave it sitting there (no harm done, and it will get its updates in case you ever want to go back to it or experiment).

[geezer]

Re: GRUB

Read the docs at

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2

On splash screens and how to set the splash image - they also have a link to splash images for Grub 2 (it cannot use the splash images for legacy grub) and the font.

Now the grub menu screen looks really nice again.

The docs above are pretty much the same as the link that Qqmike gave. There may be some slight differences.

Easy to do and if you are tired of that awful default white on black, try it.