Re: Re: RHGB options???

On 12/21/05, jludwig <wralphie@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
  

> On Wednesday 21 December 2005 19:14, Rodrigo López Negrete de la Fuente wrote:
    

> > Hello,
> >
> > Does anybody know if rhgb (Red Hat Graphic Boot) can accept other options
> > besides 'quiet'? The command is issued in the grub.conf file like this
> > (second to last word):
> >
> >   kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-22.0.1.EL ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb
> > quiet
> >
> > I was hoping to personalize the graphic boot, but i haven't been able to
> > find a howto/manual for rhgb. If anybody knows where to find it I would
> > really appreciate it.
> >
> > Thanks all!!
> > --
> > Rodrigo López Negrete
> > http://muon.blogdns.org/~rush/
      

>
> This is mine.
> The vga=0x31a gives a smaller font for booting and "V" terminals.
> The dunes.xpm.gz is my backround.
>
> One big warning!!
>  If this file is not correct and all components exist where indicated the
> system probably won't boot.
>
> # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
> # NOTICE:  You have a /boot partition.  This means that
> #          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
> #          root (hd0,0)
> #          kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda2
> #          initrd /initrd-version.img
> #boot=/dev/hda
> color=blue/light-gray
> default=2
> splashimage=/grub/dunes.xpm.gz
> timeout=15
> title Fedora Core (2.6.10-2.1.ll.rhfc3.ccrma)
>         root (hd0,0)
>         kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.10-2.1.ll.rhfc3.ccrma ro root=LABEL=/ vga=0x31a
>         initrd /initrd-2.6.10-2.1.ll.rhfc3.ccrma.img
> title Fedora Core (2.6.11-1.35_FC3)
>         root (hd0,0)
>         kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.11-1.35_FC3 ro root=LABEL=/ vga=0x31a
>         initrd /initrd-2.6.11-1.35_FC3.img
> title Fedora Core (2.6.12)
>         root (hd0,0)
>         kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.12 ro root=LABEL=/ vga=0x31a
>         initrd /initrd-2.6.12.img
>
    

What you have posted "vga=0x31a" is a option for GRUB to set the
graphics adapter to a certain configuration.  "rhgb" is also an option
for GRUB which causes the Red Hat graphical boot utility to be
launched. For more information regarding GRUB do a "info grub" from
the command line.