July 12th, 2009 | 
Author: To give your GRUB a little extra flair, instead of the boring blue, white, black default, you can add a grub splash image to /boot/grub/menu.lst
# general configuration: timeout 5 default 0 splashimage /boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
I like to use this GRUB theme which Franlin Piat developed. Once downloaded coppy into the directory specified in /boot/brub/menu.lst (change splash.xpm.gz to the file you wish to use)
You can also install a collection GRUB images
sudo apt-get install grub-splashimages
I also like to have a high resolution frame buffer. Generaly, I add vga=791 to the end of the kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst for 1024×768; However, codehunk suggests vga=865 for 1280×800 widescreen resolution.
To have a nice boot-splash image install and configure splashy:
sudo-apt-get install splashy splashy-themes
The splashy themes are stored in /etc/splashy/themes, and the theme can be change by editing /etc/splashy/config.xml within the <current_theme> tag (I like debian3). edit /boot/grub/menu.list and add “splash quiet” at the end of the kernel line. Once this is done run:
sudo update-initramfs -u -t -k `uname -r`
To help simplify this processes you can install a program to manage both Splashy and GRUB images
sudo apt-get install startup manager
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On Debian you may want to add additional options to the “# kopt=” line in menu.lst (without uncommenting that line!), instead of editing the kernel line directly, because otherwise it will get overwritten the next time an update-grub is run.
Thanks for the tip; would the line then look like:
I have never used the kopt option before. Or would it look more like
The second one, which means you just leave the kopt line as is, and add your additional options at the end. That line needs to stay commented (# in front), because it is only used by update-grub to assemble the kernel line.