I decided to install GNU grub-0.93 and look at all the GNU referenced
howto links for grub, and now have it succesfully installed on the Master
Boot Record of my PC, as well as a boot floppy, and even have a 14-color
graphic (using gimp) that I got from Slackware Propaganda in xpm.gz
format. My PC boots up nicely with a Slackware GNU Linux graphic while
waiting to select from the grub menu (using /boot/menu.lst). The grub
floppy is especially nice for emergencies, disasters, and such where it
boots much quicker than a lilo boot disk, and even has an option to put
grub back on the MBR if need be. Anyway, thought I'd share my grub
experiences with you folks.

Honorato Echavez wrote:

> I decided to install GNU grub-0.93 and look at all the GNU referenced
> howto links for grub, and now have it succesfully installed on the
> Master Boot Record of my PC, as well as a boot floppy, and even have a
> 14-color graphic (using gimp) that I got from Slackware Propaganda in
> xpm.gz format. My PC boots up nicely with a Slackware GNU Linux
> graphic while
> waiting to select from the grub menu (using /boot/menu.lst). The grub
> floppy is especially nice for emergencies, disasters, and such where
> it boots much quicker than a lilo boot disk, and even has an option to
> put grub back on the MBR if need be. Anyway, thought I'd share my grub
> experiences with you folks.

Glad you did, thinking about doing the same.
--
robert - redhat & slackware

> I decided to install GNU grub-0.93 and look at all the GNU referenced
> howto links for grub, and now have it succesfully installed on the Master
> Boot Record of my PC, as well as a boot floppy,

I've been using GRUB since Slack-8.1..

> and even have a 14-color graphic (using gimp) that I got from Slackware
> Propaganda in xpm.gz format. My PC boots up nicely with a Slackware GNU
> Linux graphic while waiting to select from the grub menu
> (using /boot/menu.lst).

Did you patch grub-0.93 or I haven't noticed that 0.93 supports splash
images?

--
Дамјан (jabberID:damjan@bagra.net.mk)

0 and 1. Now what could be so hard about that?

How did you do the graphic? Are there any command line tools to convert a gif or png to xpm (don't run X)?

Regards,
Bas


"Honorato Echavez" <hechavez@comcast.net> wrote in message newsan.2003.11.13.01.50.10.673816@comcast.net...
> I decided to install GNU grub-0.93 and look at all the GNU referenced
> howto links for grub, and now have it succesfully installed on the Master
> Boot Record of my PC, as well as a boot floppy, and even have a 14-color
> graphic (using gimp) that I got from Slackware Propaganda in xpm.gz
> format. My PC boots up nicely with a Slackware GNU Linux graphic while
> waiting to select from the grub menu (using /boot/menu.lst). The grub
> floppy is especially nice for emergencies, disasters, and such where it
> boots much quicker than a lilo boot disk, and even has an option to put
> grub back on the MBR if need be. Anyway, thought I'd share my grub
> experiences with you folks.

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 06:39:40 -0700, дамјан г. wrote:
>
>
>
>>> I decided to install GNU grub-0.93 and look at all the GNU referenced
>>> howto links for grub, and now have it succesfully installed on the
>>> Master Boot Record of my PC, as well as a boot floppy,
>>
>> I've been using GRUB since Slack-8.1..
>>
>>> and even have a 14-color graphic (using gimp) that I got from Slackware
>>> Propaganda in xpm.gz format. My PC boots up nicely with a Slackware GNU
>>> Linux graphic while waiting to select from the grub menu (using
>>> /boot/menu.lst).
>>
>> Did you patch grub-0.93 or I haven't noticed that 0.93 supports splash
>> images?
>>
This RPM file will display the graphic. It works with slackware with
libc.so.6:
ftp://linux.stanford.edu/pub/mirrors....93-7.i386.rpm

Convert to a package using rpm2tgz and then install with installpkg.
Copy "stage" files from /usr/share/grub/i386-redhat to /boot/grub.
Setup grub to fix the loader.

--
Douglas Mayne

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 11:53:55 -0700, Douglas Mayne wrote:
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
> This RPM file will display the graphic. It works with slackware with
> libc.so.6:
> ftp://linux.stanford.edu/pub/mirrors....93-7.i386.rpm
>
> Convert to a package using rpm2tgz and then install with installpkg.
> Copy "stage" files from /usr/share/grub/i386-redhat to /boot/grub.
> Setup grub to fix the loader.
>
There are detailed instructions for creating the graphic in this month's
linux gazette (issue #96):
http://www.linuxgazette.com/node/view/142

Using a graphic from slackware propoganda:
http://www.slackware.com/~msimons/slackware/grfx/

I created this graphic:
http://www.xmission.com/~ddmayne/com.../splash.xpm.gz

Specifically with this image:
http://www.slackware.com/~msimons/sl...WtheDistro.jpg

Aside: If you are going to use the Fedora package as I did, I think that
grub.conf is required. Create a link to be on the safe side,
ln -s menu.lst grub.conf

If you are changing the loader from lilo, run grub shell to complete setup.
If you are using a version a grub which isn't patched to display the graphic,
then you should also re-run grub shell to finalize setup.

--
Douglas Mayne