> This is not something I would want to do, but take a look at > http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1357 > which I found by googling for grub2 bootsplash. > > Also, perhaps, look at plymouth e.g. > https://wiki.debian.org/plymouth > which provides a graphic animation while the kernel is booting. >
Thanks for the links Ken, but in their explanations they are making use of the /etc/default/grub which is not created by the LFS grub installation and thus, I can not edit it: I must create it and I don't know what its full contents should be. Note: One of the links pointed me to command vbeinfo, which is quite useful. The ideal for me, would be to load the bootsplash making use only of the settings defined in grub.cfg and using the image located in /boot/grub. I think that would keep it fast and minimal. What about the kernel options? Do I have to activate something on the kernel as I said before or to compile grub with some special option? > It ruins it because -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg overwrites it. And what > you get, if you have multiple systems, is a pair of "normal" and > "recovery" variants (I've never understood what the recovery variant > is for) for every kernel/system combination. > > All you need to do is > #vim /boot/grub/grub.cfg > > Having a rescue CD (or rescue usb stick, I suppose) and a backup of > how the cfg was before you changed it is probably a good idea, just > in case the edit goes catastrophically wrong (I think that has > happened to me once). > Yes, I'm aware of all that you just said (I learn it the hard way when I rebooted the LFS for the first time :-)). Personally, I use 'SystemRescueCD' (as a mounted iso in the virtual host) and I'm quite happy with it. I think a good place for a LFS bootsplash installation guide should be at the BLFS, since after my search I realized how many people looks for that. The already existing hint for the bootsplash was interesting, but as I said before, too outdated. Marcos -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
