so id like to add a background image to my current 4.xx build and i downloaded 5.0 to see how it was done..(their is alot that has gone into my custom build so id rather not do a total UG) and iv added the vesa menu updated iso and sys linux etc. here is the cide i have in my main.cfg



however with this code nothing appears any ideas?

From the Syslinux documentation:

You better use the newer syslinux syntax:

You also need to update all files (isolinux.bin, *.c32 and syslinux.exe). Install SYSLINUX again, when you run it from an USB drive.

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all right i just did the upgrades to iso and syslinux thanks ill give it a go and let you know how it turns out

hmmm i added it to my defaults.cfg because i want it displayed on all pages however it doesnt work. my defaults.cfg contains the following and all menus call off of it.



i removed "menu color screen" to see if it was over riding but it got me noware. any ideas?

Does your picture has a resolution of 640x480 pixels?

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yes sir in .png format.

Can you upload the picture, so I can test it?

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ya sure i couldnt figure out how to do it on these forums but here is were i uploaded it to. I really thank you for helping me out. getting this picture or any picture for that matter to work is a must for me.

http://www.solarisutilitydvd.com/img/splash.png

/isolinux/isolinux.cfg:

Relevant part of /syslinux/sylinux.cfg:

/menus/defaults.cfg


All otherconfig files in /menus/ should start with:

Also change menu.c32 to vesamenu.c32 in these files:

This works fine for me.

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ok the isolinux.cfg and syslinux.cfg in the isolinux and syslinux folders didnt have vesamenu.c32 it was still menu.c32 ill give it a run now. thanks for the help ill get back to you. i really appreciate it.

hmm well it works kinda i have a preboot.cfg with a disclamer and the pic shows up their. but non of the other menus will display it. using the lines you provided. which is odd as they all read off of default.cfg so their shopuldnt be a problem?



and i cant find that i dont have a system.cfg

It probably needs to be:

I don't have UBCD411 anymore, only UBCD50b*. In this version /menus/ is moved to /ubcd/menus/. Almost all files and directories that don't need to be in root are moved to the subdir /ubcd/ so it doesn't look to bad when you put UBCD on an USB stick and you want to use it for other things too.

Updated previous post, so try it again (remove /ubcd in the config files you have now).

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i wish their was a thanks system on the forums you sir have solved my problem and here is how i did it.


you see in the iso/sys linux.cfg files i have it appending not to "main" but to a "preboot" .cfg file. This file had a disclaimer about how powerfull the tools were etc. and had an "AGREE" or "DISAGREE" selection item. disagree booted hdd 1 agree appended main.cfg...and thats is were i found my problem. it appended menu.c32 i changed it to vesamenu.c32 and whalla main.cfg now showed a background. however it was pure white...so i had to add these lines to the beginning of every menu to get them to work properly.



after that it all worked properly..however when i selected "back" to go back to the previous menus i was running into curruption problems. i cured this by re-reading everything you said. and relized i had to re name everything menu related that was menu.c32 to vesamenu.c32 after i did this it all works now thanks a bunch icecube youve been a real help and have lit the path on learning the more complicated commands behind this stuff.

Hi Solaris17,

It is really seem very intersting , but I don't know much about it . If u know from your resources then let me know.

Thanks in advance.

well we got it tow ork so if u need help with t we can help