Grub menu

ftornell · 2009-09-20 16:56:09

Hi guys,
Is it possible to get a grubmenu like the ones in Linux Mint 7?

How can I accomplish that?

Trent · 2009-09-20 17:54:24

I wouldn't know. I have never used Mint, and I would guess that significantly less than half of Archers have. Furthermore, do you really only want to get advice from current Arch users who also have used Mint 7, or would you rather get advice from the entire community? To bring it down to the least common denominator, can you describe what you don't like about Grub as it appears on your machine, and how you would like to change it?

graysky · 2009-09-20 18:02:50

Can you post the contents of your mint linux /boot/grub/menu.lst and related xxx.lst files? They contain your answer.

My menu.lst:

timeout   5
default   0
color light-blue/black light-cyan/blue
splashimage /grub/arch.xpm.gz

title           Arch Linux
root            (hd0,1)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda2 ro quiet vga=773
initrd          /boot/kernel26.img

title           Windows
root            (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader     +1

title           Shutdown Computer
halt

title More Options...
root            (hd0,6)
configfile      /grub/more.lst

My more.lst:

timeout         3
default         0
color light-blue/blue black/light-grey
splashimage /grub/arch.xpm.gz

title << Back to Main Menu
configfile      /grub/menu.lst

title   Arch Linux Native GRUB screen
root    (hd0,1)
chainloader +1

title   GParted live 0.4.6-1 (07-Aug-2009)
root    (hd0,6)
kernel  /live/vmlinuz1 toram boot=live union=aufs noswap noprompt vga=788 ip=frommedia
initrd  /live/initrd1.img
boot

title   Memtest86+ v2.11 (22-Dec-2008)
root            (hd0,6)
kernel          /memtest86.bin

Last edited by graysky (2009-09-20 18:04:27)

ftornell · 2009-09-20 18:23:10

Here's a screen...

Last edited by ftornell (2009-09-20 18:27:24)

graysky · 2009-09-20 18:57:52

graysky wrote:

Can you post the contents of your mint linux /boot/grub/menu.lst and related xxx.lst files? They contain your answer.

Hint: Mount the iso (mount -o loop name.iso /path/to/mntpoint) and then have at look in it's /boot/grub/ looking for menu.lst

Last edited by graysky (2009-09-20 19:00:38)

ftornell · 2009-09-20 18:59:59

Ayea:

# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
#            grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
#            grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
#            and /usr/share/doc/grub-legacy-doc/.

## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not change this entry to 'saved' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default        0

## Graphical boot menu location
gfxmenu=/boot/gfxmenu/linuxmint.message

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout        10

# Pretty colours
color cyan/blue white/blue

## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line)  and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
#      password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret

#
# examples
#
# title        Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root        (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader    +1
#
# title        Linux
# root        (hd0,1)
# kernel    /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#

#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=/dev/sda3 ro

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,2)

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
##      alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
##      lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash

## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
##      lockold=true
# lockold=false

## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=

## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
##      altoptions=(single-user) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
##      howmany=7
# howmany=all

## specify if running in Xen domU or have grub detect automatically
## update-grub will ignore non-xen kernels when running in domU and vice versa
## e.g. indomU=detect
##      indomU=true
##      indomU=false
# indomU=detect

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
##      memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false

## ## End Default Options ##

title        Linux Mint 7 Gloria XFCE, kernel 2.6.28-15-generic
root        (hd0,2)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-15-generic root=/dev/sda3 ro quiet splash 
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-15-generic
quiet

title        Linux Mint 7 Gloria XFCE, kernel 2.6.28-15-generic (recovery mode)
root        (hd0,2)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-15-generic root=/dev/sda3 ro single
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-15-generic

title        Linux Mint 7 Gloria XFCE, memtest86+
root        (hd0,2)
kernel        /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title        ----------------------------------------------
root


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title        Windows 7
rootnoverify    (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader    +1

graysky · 2009-09-20 19:02:12

Post /boot/gfxmenu/linuxmint.message

Everything you need is there... are you wanting the background image or..?? The Arch grub doesn't have gfx enabled by default, but you can install grub-gfx from the [community] repo pretty easily.

Last edited by graysky (2009-09-20 19:17:20)

ftornell · 2009-09-20 19:08:56

its a compressed file...

Last edited by ftornell (2009-09-20 19:09:46)

graysky · 2009-09-20 19:13:49

ftornell wrote:

its a compressed file...

Ah... have you tried the usual tar and tar.gz options (rename it to blah.tar and try to untar it and ditto for blah.tar.gz.

Here are the two screenshots of my setup... what exactly do you want? The background image or the fancy font or..? You might wanna post your query in the mint linux forum as well.

EDIT: does mintlinux use Grub or Grub 2? I believe Grub 2 has some enhancements for 'graphical booting.'
EDIT2: Yep! It's probably grub 2, see the following:

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=56576

Examples:

Last edited by graysky (2009-09-20 19:24:00)

FrozenFox · 2009-09-21 04:27:42

No, Mint doesn't use grub2-gfxmenu, it uses legacy grub patched by suse. Quick explanation of the packages:

* grub: legacy grub, used by Arch default
* grub-gfx: legacy grub patched with wallpaper support, used by most distros
* grub-gfxmenu: legacy grub patched with limited animated theme support, used by mint and suse
* grub2: the newest version of grub, will be used by next Ubuntu release as I understand
* grub2-gfxmenu: the newest grub, patched by Mr. Bennett, which can create themes identical to grub-gfxmenu but not use the ones from grub-gfxmenu itself. i have many themes similar to what you want in AUR under the names grub2-theme-* (because grub2-gfxmenu will eventually be merged into mainline grub2 as I understand it).

What you want can be done in two ways:

A) Install and set up grub-gfxmenu from AUR then edit /boot/grub/menu.lst to use a line like
gfxmenu=/path/to/messagefile
inside it, putting the message file you want in there, which you can grab from mint at gfxmenu=/boot/gfxmenu/linuxmint.message or something as the menu.lst you posted shows.

B) Alternatively, you can follow my tutorial for grub2-gfxmenu http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=56576 here and achieve a similar effect with the newer grub, and likely have an easier time tweaking it to your needs.

Last edited by FrozenFox (2009-09-21 04:33:21)

fettouhi · 2009-09-23 06:27:33

Anybody know how to install grub2 onto a machine running raid? Grub2 doesn't have a command prompt, how can one then set the proper partitions for booting?

Regards

André

Arch Linux

#1 2009-09-20 16:56:09

Grub menu

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