There’s a great theme that add OS logos into grub2 boot menu list.Follow is how to install this.
Step1:Install and configure burg project.
See the step1 and step2 in this post:http://ubuntuguide.net/decorate-grub-2-boot-loader-using-burg
Step2:
Download the theme (sora-v0_3.tar.gz) from http://groups.google.com/group/burg-devel
Then,extract it into /boot/grub/themes
cd /boot/grub/themes/
sudo tar xzf ~/Downloads/sora-v0_3.tar.gz
change “~/Downloads” to the path you downloaded this package.
Step3:
Edit /etc/grub.d/40_custom:
sudo gedit /etc/grub.d/40_custom
choose one code and add into this file:
code:
. /boot/grub/themes/sora/theme.cfg
. /boot/grub/themes/sora/clean/theme.cfg
. /boot/grub/themes/sora/extended/theme.cfg
Step4:
Run this command to create grub.cfg:
sudo update-grub
Note:Edit /boot/grub/themes/sora/theme.cfg and change screen resolution in this line:
set gfxmode=”1920×1200″






admin Reply:
December 20th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
40_custom file is ok!
Check the package has been extracted to /boot/grub/themes/,and you have update-grub to create new grub.cfg.
If not work,see this document for more details:https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Burg/
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