modification of boot menu

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modification of boot menu

#1 Post by darkcast » Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:46 pm

hi, im a noob at this forum, and i wanted to ask, is there a way to modify the dos screen in the boot cd. to integrate color or low res pictures in the background?

Thanks !

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Re: modification of boot menu

#2 Post by StopSpazzing » Thu Nov 11, 2010 8:42 pm

darkcast wrote:hi, im a noob at this forum, and i wanted to ask, is there a way to modify the dos screen in the boot cd. to integrate color or low res pictures in the background?

Thanks !
For Isolinux (CD/DVD's) and Syslinux (USB Flash Drives)

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ubcd-extract\ubcd\menus\syslinux\defaults.cfg
MENU TITLE Ultimate Boot CD V5.0.3 http://www.ultimatebootcd.com

MENU MARGIN 0
MENU ROWS -9
MENU TABMSG
MENU TABMSGROW -3
MENU CMDLINEROW -3
MENU HELPMSGROW -4
MENU HELPMSGENDROW -1

MENU COLOR SCREEN 37;40
MENU COLOR BORDER 34;40
MENU COLOR TITLE 1;33;40
MENU COLOR SCROLLBAR 34;46
MENU COLOR SEL 30;47
MENU COLOR UNSEL 36;40
MENU COLOR CMDMARK 37;40
MENU COLOR CMDLINE 37;40
MENU COLOR TABMSG 37;40
MENU COLOR DISABLED 37;40
MENU COLOR HELP 32;40
For Grub4Dos, all .lst files contain a color code at the very top. You can easily edit it. Not sure the colors allowed.


Curious myself if you could add image backgrounds to any of them. I know Grub allows you to...but not so sure Grub4Dos will allow you.


Does this work by any chance Icecube? http://members.chello.at/bobby100/ILpart2.htm
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Re: modification of boot menu

#3 Post by darkcast » Thu Nov 11, 2010 8:49 pm

StopSpazzing wrote:
darkcast wrote:hi, im a noob at this forum, and i wanted to ask, is there a way to modify the dos screen in the boot cd. to integrate color or low res pictures in the background?

Thanks !
For Isolinux (CD/DVD's) and Syslinux (USB Flash Drives)

Code: Select all

ubcd-extract\ubcd\menus\syslinux\defaults.cfg
MENU TITLE Ultimate Boot CD V5.0.3 http://www.ultimatebootcd.com

MENU MARGIN 0
MENU ROWS -9
MENU TABMSG
MENU TABMSGROW -3
MENU CMDLINEROW -3
MENU HELPMSGROW -4
MENU HELPMSGENDROW -1

MENU COLOR SCREEN 37;40
MENU COLOR BORDER 34;40
MENU COLOR TITLE 1;33;40
MENU COLOR SCROLLBAR 34;46
MENU COLOR SEL 30;47
MENU COLOR UNSEL 36;40
MENU COLOR CMDMARK 37;40
MENU COLOR CMDLINE 37;40
MENU COLOR TABMSG 37;40
MENU COLOR DISABLED 37;40
MENU COLOR HELP 32;40
For Grub4Dos, all .lst files contain a color code at the very top. You can easily edit it. Not sure the colors allowed.


Curious myself if you could add image backgrounds to any of them. I know Grub allows you to...but not so sure Grub4Dos will allow you.


Does this work by any chance Icecube? http://members.chello.at/bobby100/ILpart2.htm
Hey Thnks for the answer but im running windows 7
and i still cant find how to modify the menu ! :(

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Re: modification of boot menu

#4 Post by StopSpazzing » Thu Nov 11, 2010 9:16 pm

By dos screen you mean the screen to select which program to run when you boot the CD correct? If so, you need to extract the UBCD ISO and edit the files.

This tutorial will help you: http://wiki.ultimatebootcd.com/index.ph ... emastering
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Re: modification of boot menu

#5 Post by Icecube » Fri Nov 12, 2010 12:52 am

If you want to use a background picture in Syslinux, you will need vesamenu.c32 instead of menu.c32:

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MENU BACKGROUND background

        For vesamenu.c32, sets the background image. The background can either be a color (see MENU COLOR) or the name of an image file, which should be 640x480 pixels and either in PNG or JPEG format
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Re: modification of boot menu

#6 Post by ady » Fri Nov 12, 2010 3:54 am

@darkcast

Even if you are using Windows 7, UBCD (for DOS) boots with isolinux, so the help you received is correct.

If, by any chance, you want help for UltimateBootCD for Windows (UBCD4Win), or any BartCD based tool, then you are posting at the wrong forum.

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Re: modification of boot menu

#7 Post by StopSpazzing » Fri Nov 12, 2010 10:38 pm

Icecube wrote:If you want to use a background picture in Syslinux, you will need vesamenu.c32 instead of menu.c32:

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MENU BACKGROUND background

        For vesamenu.c32, sets the background image. The background can either be a color (see MENU COLOR) or the name of an image file, which should be 640x480 pixels and either in PNG or JPEG format

What about for Grub4Dos?

Nvm found it: http://diddy.boot-land.net/grub4dos/fil ... tm#display

Curious as to why UBCD logo isn't displayed as the background image?


Odd, after following several sites instructions on how to make a background images, it works but its red in color and not centered on the screen.
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