Customising Grub Boot Menu in Ubuntu

Tutorial on how to Customise GRUB using grub-customizer which provides a nice easy way of: Changing Grub menu entries, Removing MemTest 86+ from the list, Changing Default Entry Selection (e.g. Have Windows selected by default instead of Linux), and Adding a Background Image.

For Ubuntu users
Add Repository: ppa:danielrichter2007/grub-customizer
Then Install: "grub-customizer" via Synaptic or Software Centre.

For other Linux Distros
Source code is available from: https://launchpad.net/grub-customizer

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[oyanezg]

Hi, good video, i downloded did the changes while watching the video put an image 1024x768 24 bits did the save but the image never shows up.

I got GRUB 1.98-1ubuntu12 this Grub was installed by Backtrack 5.

You know what meybe the error? The image is a BMP, tried a JPG still not showing.

[quidsup]

@oyanezg You have to make the changes from the system that Installed Grub, so for your system make the changes using BackTrack.

If its a problem with the image then try it as an Uncompressed .TGA format

[IsJeBoyGeert]

@quidsup

I cant Add your repository to synaptic. There is something wrong with the adress.

[quidsup]

@IsJeBoyGeert Nope, its still there on the Launchpad page:

launchpad(dot)net/~danielricht­er2007/+archive/grub-customize­r

[XiXloveXtoXsnipeX]

It doesn't seem to do anything for me, I'm using wubi could that be the problem?

[quidsup]

@XiXloveXtoXsnipeX Yes that would be the problem, I expect this only works for full system installs

[ErickGreco]

THANKS MEN

[anangsandi]

Thanks for videos.... It really helped

[styledcapo]

thanks 

[rotaryboy]

I did not know you could do that! Win!

[IsJeBoyGeert]

@quidsup Thanks! I'm kinda new to Linux and GRUB, so i hope it Will help.

[quidsup]

@OSyTim Cheers mate

[quidsup]

@IsJeBoyGeert Should be able to, treat it the same as you would a system installed on the harddrive.

Might need to run "sudo update-grub" from the terminal if grub-customize doesn't recognise CD

[quidsup]

@Jeahavee lol a picture of a grub in Grub?

[quidsup]

@gychang00 Cool cheers

[quidsup]

@mousegeek Cheers mate

[Mortesins]

really cool app

[IsJeBoyGeert]

Can u use it to boot fron a cd?

[Jeahavee]

I know I've been waiting for this for a long time. I can use that cool picture of a grub I had put in some folder sometime ago.

[gychang00]

thanks, works great.

[mousegeek]

This is the very program I've been waiting for! Thank you :)

[TechnOtakuVideos]

cool, looks much better than StartUp-Manager