
Jazz Up Your Debian System Boot #8
Chapter 1, Booting Linux
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Always include a known working boot configuration in your
lilo.conf file in case the new one does not work. That way
you can reboot and choose the working selection to make
changes to fix any problems you find.
If you use GRUB as your bootloader, you should have a directory called /boot/
grub on your system. This directory contains the files GRUB needs to work,
such as the GRUB configuration file. The grub.conf file is the one that deter-
mines which operating systems or Linux versions you can choose, and this is
the file you will need to modify to enable the boot splash.
Here is a sample entry in the grub.conf file, assuming you have an initrd file
and you chose it during boot splash configuration:
title Debian Splash
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-1 ro root=/dev/hda1 vga=791 splash="silent"
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8-1
Here is a sample entry in the grub.conf file, assuming you chose none during
boot splash configuration:
title Debian Splash
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-1 ro root=/dev/hda1 vga=791 splash="silent"
initrd /boot/initrd.splash
Unlike with LILO, changes in grub.conf automatically take effect.
Always include a known working boot configuration in your
grub.conf file in case the new one does not work. That way
you can reboot and choose the working selection to make
changes to fix any problems. GRUB ...