Modify GRUB background picture under Windows (xpm.gz)

Modify GRUB background picture under Windows (xpm.gz)

by Jairkung @2014.05.11

Core tips:

Required Software:

1.Paint Shop Pro 6 (image editing) http://upan.cc/tools/others/2009/youpan_218.html

2.xnview ( format conversion ) http://upan.cc/tools/others/2009/youpan_219.html

3.7-zip (compressed file) http://upan.cc/tools/others/2009/youpan_220.html

Steps:

(1). Use Paint Shop Pro 6 To change the picture to 640x480 size.

1. Double-click Psp.exe to open the software, click "Open", select the specified image;

2. Click "Image"--"resize", pixel size column, Width fill 640 height fill 480;

3. Click "Color"--"Reduce color depth"--"X color deep (4/8) small piece",

Fill 14 color, and select "Standard/Net-safe", "error spread", other not selected;

4. After editing the picture, save as *.bmp file. If the drop-down is off, use the keyboard arrow keys to toggle the options.

(2). Double-click Xnview.exe to run the XnView software, open the *.bmp file saved in the previous step and save as *.xpm file.

(3). Double-click 7zFM.exe run 7-zip software, select the *.xpm file in the software, click "Add" in the upper left corner, click "Browse" settings to save the path, select "7-zip"--"Add to Compressed archive", "Compress file format" select "GZIp", Other options default, then click OK to compress.

to compress the good *.xpm.gz Copy files to boots\grub\ directory, and then modify the Menu.lst the corresponding location of the file, you can test it.

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