grub boot image

**scrarfussi** · 07-20-2008

hey there i'm totally hating the green in opensuse 11 i'm all for killing it can anyone please help me change my grub boot image thanx

**devils casper** · 07-20-2008

Open menu.lst file and put # sign before splashimage or gfxmenu line. You will have black/white GRUB Menu.

**scrarfussi** · 07-20-2008

thanx i was hoping maybe i could put a picture

**devils casper** · 07-20-2008

Yes you can put any picture but it must be 640x480 size, indexed to 14 colours and have .xpm format.
You can do that easily.
Let say, picture name is mypic.jpg.
Execute this

Code:

convert mypic.jpg -resize 640x480 -colors 14 splash2.xpm
gzip splash2.xpm
mv splash2.xpm.gz /boot/grub/

Add this code in menu.lst file :

Code:

splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz

I assumed that (hd0,0) is / partition of SuSe. Replace it with correct value.

**scrarfussi** · 07-26-2008

It took me a while to try this any way i tried as you said followed your instructions to the letter and when i boot i get an error invalid file format do you know what could be causing this thanx

**yancek** · 07-26-2008

Tried doing this myself several months ago and failed. I boot w/suse linux 9.2 and after spending time trying to get a new image I found out that splashimage is not available on my old system. Should be on a newer system, just check commands on boot in Grub. I believe, if I remember correctly, the problem with using the instructions devils casper posted is suse specific because of the gfxmenu thing. DC's explanation is pretty much what I've seen as how to do it on a non-gfxmenu.

**scrarfussi** · 07-27-2008

there is also a gui way of doing it through yast under bootloader grub options even that didnt work

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