Changing the Bootloader Image File
On boot, you are prompted with the kernel version option to log into. The image shown is the default that comes with the Linux flavor. This can be customized to show a different image. Make a copy of the original image before doing the following steps.
- The image is stored in /boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz file. The image file type is xpm.
- Identify your image and convert it to xpm file (X pix map image). You can do this by opening the existing image in Gimp and then saving it as XPM file.
- modify the image for the following attributes:-
- Select image -> canvas size and change Width to 640 pixels and Height to 480 pixels. Yes this is the required size, you may need to adjust the image to get the correct part of the picture.
- Next click on image -> Mode -> indexed.. In the General Optimal palette selection, enter 14 as maximum number of colors.
- Now rename the file as "splash.xpm" and compress it.
gzip splash.xpm
- copy the splash.xpm.gz to /boot/grub directory (backup the original file before doing this.
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