Changing the GRUB LOADER screen

To change the screen of the Grub loader....

1.get an image of your choice:- The image should be in 640x480 resolution. We can only use files of the extension 'xpm.gz'. You can either take your desired image , go to GIMP and make the necessary changes and save it with the extension '.xpm' and then compress it using gzip to get 'YOUR_IMAGE.xpm.gz' or you can download lots of splash screens at http://www.schultz-net.dk/grub

2.Copy YOUR_IMAGE.xpm.gz to /boot/grub/

3.Go to /boot/grub/ and edit menu.lst

add a line

splashimage=(hd0,4)/boot/grub/YOUR_IMAGE.xpm.gz

where, (hd0,4) refers to the drive where the Linux installation is made
You can find out the drive by looking the last part of the 'menu.lst' file.

4.Save the file and reboot the system..

If everything turns out well......you get yourself a new screen with your desired image instead of the boring GRUB loader screen..


ENJOY...................