i got fresh installed Debian(stable). using GRUB v0.95 boot loader.
i want to use the splashimage, i insert the splastimage (hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz in the menu.lst. I restart my box to to see the result but the problem is i can't see the splash.xpm.gz image, only black screen and a blinking cursor.

back to menu.lst I also try the other splashimages to see if the problem is in the splash.xpm.gz and i try to restart again but the same result(black screen and blinking cursor).

i already been this site ruslug.rutgers.edu/~mcgrof/grub-images/ but its no help.

Please help me in this problem.

what is your menu.lst entries.show that + ur spelling is
splastimage (hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz in the menu.lst;while splashimage u should use...for my sarge,i have a seperate /boot partn holding splashimages..my entry is like..
splashimage=(hd0,8)/grub/splashimages/grub-splash-debblue.xpm.gz
# Pretty colours
#color cyan/blue white/blue
color green/white cyan/white
i left the /boot inorder to get splash working...

that is only a typographical error sorry for that.

this is the correct line in my menu.lst
splashimage (hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

* what version of grub are you using?
* currently i'm using stable version(grub v0.95) do i have to update the grub and use the unstable version?


thank you!

me too using stable version(grub v0.95) only.did u installed the grub-splashimages package?if else d/l n install it.then try.also do you have a seperate /boot partition?if so then only u need to put the line like this:

yup!, i already downloaded the splashimages.
i also have the seperate boot partition.

ok i will try it again. thanks!

Hi folks,

Just a comment about the splashimage line. I have Debian stable both at work and home, and made a bootsplash for both of them yesterday. (Sarge stable is using GRUB 0.95.) On my work machine, I used something like the following line in menu.lst:
It worked, and at home I tried the same thing there. It didn't work, so I tried it as follows:
This time, it worked. Note that the essential difference is the absence of /boot in the path. (The (hdx,x) is different too; I have different hard-drive configurations on the two machines, and this again raises the point that GRUB also has to be pointed to the right device and partition.)

So I can't explain why it works on one machine with /boot/grub... and with just /grub... on the the other, but if one doesn't work, try the other possibility.

One other thing that confused me (for the benefit of future searches): the http://ruslug.rutgers.edu/~mcgrof/grub-images/ guide talks only about a grub.conf file, which I don't have. I figured out from the examples provided on his site that he means menu.lst, at least for my machine. Perhaps slightly older versions of GRUB (he seemed to have been using 0.93) named it differently.

below is the information of my harddrive partition and menu.lst.
i think the /boot partition is in /dev/hda1 now the question is how do i address this to menu.lst?

int21h:/home/int21h# fdisk -l /dev/hda

Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40016019456 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 14 1277 10153080 83 Linux
/dev/hda3 * 1278 1915 5124735 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hda4 1916 4865 23695875 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5 1916 3708 14402241 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda6 3709 3970 2104483+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda7 3971 4865 7189056 83 Linux


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# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
# grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
# grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
# and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.

## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
default 0

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout 5

# Pretty colours
color cyan/blue white/blue

#Splashimage
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splashimages/debsplash.xpm.gz

## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
# password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret

#
# examples
#
# title Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader +1
#
# title Linux
# root (hd0,1)
# kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#

#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specifiv kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
# kopt=root=/dev/hda2 ro

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,0)

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
## alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
## lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
## altoptions=(recovery mode) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
## howmany=7
# howmany=all

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
## memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## ## End Default Options ##

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.27-2-386
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.27-2-386 root=/dev/hda2 ro
initrd /initrd.img-2.4.27-2-386
savedefault
boot

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.27-2-386 (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.27-2-386 root=/dev/hda2 ro single
initrd /initrd.img-2.4.27-2-386
savedefault
boot

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title Other operating systems:
root


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/hda3
title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
root (hd0,2)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1

spalshimage should be assigned like this:

Thank you! it works!