GRUB bootloader alternative?

[Zorael]

I'm looking for something to replace GRUB with, as bootloader.

The system in question is going to be a family computer, so I'm basically looking for something easy on the eyes. Which rules out GRUB's "loading stage1.5", which seems to me to be more of a debug message and shouldn't be displayed on normal end-user builds. The more graphical the better. :>

What options are there? Any advice?


edit: nuh, misspelled bootloader tag

[Jimmey]

You can set the grub timeout to .5 seconds so that it doesn't show.
Alternatively, you can add a grub splash or add some colours to it, to make it prettier. Here's an example:


Or you could try Lilo as an alternative boot manager.

[sujoy]

Or you could try Lilo as an alternative boot manager.

yes but i agree more with your previous solution. a splash works wonders, also lilo seems more like '70s to me

[Zorael]

Interesting; do elaborate. To my knowledge, grub splashes were simply low-res low-color images displayed behind the normal grub screen? Is there a guide someplace?

[sujoy]

yes there is,

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=30341

[Zorael]

That's the low-res low-color background splash, no? The one that will end up looking like this.


I'm more interested in Jimmey's example; it doesn't look like grub at all.

... *IS* that even grub at all?

[sujoy]

yes its grub, its configured that way by default in linux mint, i am looking for a guide to that (i use the plain text version myself)

[sujoy]

found a guide you might be interested in, take a look here,

http://tuxenclave.wordpress.com/2008...rub-in-ubuntu/

[Zorael]

found a guide you might be interested in, take a look here,

http://tuxenclave.wordpress.com/2008...rub-in-ubuntu/

Awesome, worked like a charm, many thanks.

Now to find some more themes. :>