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12.16.1 ProblemYou're totally bored with the default GRUB splash screen that came with your distribution, and you'd like to use an image that you created. 12.16.2 SolutionYou can create a GRUB splash image from any kind of image file. You must convert the image to a specific format and size, then make an entry in menu.lst that points to the image. GRUB splash images must meet these specs:
Start with an image of your own creation, at least 640 480, in any graphical file format. Use ImageMagick and gzip to do the rest. In this example, we'll convert a .jpg: $ convert -depth 14 -resize 640x480 image.jpg newimage.xpm && gzip newimage.xpm Move the new file, newimage.xpm.gz, to the /boot directory. Edit menu.lst, and add (or edit) an entry for the splash image: # Display a splash screen splashimage (hd0,5)/boot/newimage.xpm.gz When you reboot, the GRUB menu will be adorned with your nice, new custom splash screen. 12.16.3 DiscussionImageMagick does not create a backup of your original image, so you'll probably want to work from a copy. ImageMagick is a suite of command-line utilities:
There is no "imagemagick" command. See imagemagick(1) for full details. Try a Google search on "grub splashimage" to find all sorts of interesting online splash image galleries, as well as tips and tricks for creating them. 12.16.4 See Also
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