just a quickie, everytime i install a new spin, grub is installed on /dev/sda
this changes the splash, boot order etc. everytime i get a grub update via apt-get, it does the same.
how can i get it to stay with the one i like. (MATE spin)
install grub again from that partition?
from then on, not bother installing grub everytime, only update grub from MATE?
(IIRC the apt-get update - grub update, can be skipped)
tl;dr - I would like a pretty splash at boot, what boots into the same thing everytime.
please...8)
quick question about grub2 [solved]
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quick question about grub2 [solved]
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Re: quick question about grub2
Assumption: you have one hard drive and several spins installed.
The way of the exploding fist: install new spin without GRUB. Boot into the system with the sexy boot screen, sudo grub-install /dev/sda && sudo update-grub. The new spin will be found and added.
Splash (the stuff that comes during boot) or GRUB background image? The latter is easy, put an image (640x480) into /usr/share/images/desktop-grub.png
The way of the exploding fist: install new spin without GRUB. Boot into the system with the sexy boot screen, sudo grub-install /dev/sda && sudo update-grub. The new spin will be found and added.
Splash (the stuff that comes during boot) or GRUB background image? The latter is easy, put an image (640x480) into /usr/share/images/desktop-grub.png
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Re: quick question about grub2
yes,
yes!
Ye...err GRUB background image, i mean.
YES!
thanks machine!
yes!
Ye...err GRUB background image, i mean.
YES!
thanks machine!