Assuming your grub is installed correctly you need to re-generate its configuration. In a terminal, the steps to do this are as follows. You need to mount the partition in a chroot. This can be done quickly when using a Linux Mint live DVD. Escalate your shell to root because…
Read MoreI wanted to have a nice png file as a background for my GRUB boot menu, this will make it more attractive than the boring text screen. I decided to create a symlink to a suitable image as an example. ┌──[[email protected]]─[~] └──╼ ╼ $ ls -hulsa /boot/grub/ total 2.4M 4.0K…
Read MoreTo re-install the grub2 bootloader in Debian 6.0 , you need to be chrooted into the filesystem, this can be done from the installation DVD or an Ubuntu Live CD. Once you are sitting at a root prompt on the Debian system, you need to type: debian ~ # grub-install…
Read MoreThe GRUB configuration on Fedora is editable with the VIM text editor, but what if the user wishes to edit it with a graphical program? Well you can. The grub-customizer utility allows a superuser to edit the GRUB file with a GUI window. Install it like this. [root@localhost Documents]# dnf…
Read MoreThe update-grub command will update the grub menu on Kali Linux. root@kali:~# update-grub Generating grub.cfg … Found background image: /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-grub.png Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.12-kali1-amd64 Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.12-kali1-amd64 Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin Found memtest86+ multiboot image: /boot/memtest86+_multiboot.bin No volume groups found doneroot@kali:~# update-grub Generating grub.cfg … Found background image: /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-grub.png…
Read MoreThe Microsoft Surface tablet due to the implementation of the UEFI Secure Boot is not being very cooperative in terms of allowing the installation of Linux. This could be a very good portable tablet for running Linux on the move but if you can not overcome the limitations of the…
Read MoreThe new GNU Grub 2.00 has just been released with all new features and here is how to install it. Firstly, download the tarball from this mailing list post. https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2012-06/msg00093.html. After unpacking the tarball, cd into the folder and type: ./configure –prefix=/usr./configure –prefix=/usr to run the configure script. You will…
Read MoreThe grub bootloader used by Ubuntu or Mint is very easy to work with when you wish to add a new kernel or customize the look and feel of the Grub2 bootloader. The listing below is my /etc/default/grub file. This file may be customized with your current desktop resolution so…
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