From Grub to Syslinux.

[bas80]

How can remove grub and replace it with Syslinux?
Im Using Kubunty edgy by the way..........

[penguin.ch]

Re: From Grub to Syslinux.

How can remove grub and replace it with Syslinux?

You may ask it's authors: http://syslinux.zytor.com/

[javierrivera]

Re: From Grub to Syslinux.

¿What are you trying to achieve?

Syslinux is an boot system that is not usually used to boot desktop systems.

Javier.

[bas80]

Re: From Grub to Syslinux.

¿What are you trying to achieve?

A better looking bootloader?

Syslinux is an boot system that is not usually used to boot desktop systems.

Javier.

Owh I didn't knew that, It's like a rescue boot for on a flop u mean?
To bad, because it looks way better than grub or lilo...

Thx for the info...

[javierrivera]

Re: From Grub to Syslinux.

It's for booting from floppy disk, network or CDs.

For everywhere but a normal linux filesystem .

BTW, you should probably know that grub can look quite better than the default *ubuntu version.

Just look at the first google image shot:

http://branders.name/images/grub-suse.png

Check:

http://ruslug.rutgers.edu/~mcgrof/grub-images/

And install package grub-packageimages.

Javier.

[penguin.ch]

Re: From Grub to Syslinux.

And install package grub-packageimages.

Neat ... I just copied this file to /boot/grub, edited menu.lst accordingly - et voila: GRUB cool 8)

[bas80]

Re: From Grub to Syslinux.



Looks pretty fine, exactly what I was looking for. And and not difficult to do according to the link.
/ty all.

[penguin.ch]

Re: From Grub to Syslinux.

not difficult to do

On "Debian Linux feat. Kubuntu", it's almost easy: http://www.penguin.ch/dokuwiki/doku....n:boot#remarks

[dibl]

Re: From Grub to Syslinux.

OK, I'll take this thread the rest of the way off topic ...

How exactly does one create the correct 640x480 image? I took an image that was larger, and using gimp cut it down to 640x480, 1 raster layer, saved it and gzipped it. But it still does not display correctly -- but "debsplash" and the other "canned" images do great. So it's something about my image file that is not quite what the display is looking for.

Who can advise on the process of perfecting the .xmp image?

Thank you.

[penguin.ch]

Re: From Grub to Syslinux.

OK, I'll take this thread the rest of the way off topic ...
Who can advise on the process of perfecting the .xmp image?

Cheerio - and there you go: http://ruslug.rutgers.edu/~mcgrof/grub-images/#1.0

[dibl]

Re: From Grub to Syslinux.

GREAT -- thanks, U.R. It's obviously the 14-color thing biting me -- I'm studying -- gimp has changed since 2003 and the stated method doesn't work today. But, some method does ....