Sunday, October 16, 2011

Graphical GRUB loader BURG

To be a successful computer engineer we have to deal with different OS and i know you have deal with it. Now, when you install more than one operating system parallel you surely will have come across the GRUB boot loader. It’s the GRUB loader that helps select which OS to boot into with an interface during booting time. But in the default interface there is nothing much to count on.

The BURG (Brand New Universal Bootloader) is an alternative (based on GRUB) its reverse in spell also. so for non animated default Linux GRUB boot loader. Once after installing BURG you can visually experience the awesome looking boot loader themes.




The steps you have to follow to install BURG are:-

1) Adding BURG PPA ( Parallel Port Adapter )
Run the following command lines from terminal window one after the other.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bean123ch/burg
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install burg burg-themes

2) Installing BURG to Master Boot Record
Now you have to install BURG to MBR ( Master Boot Record) of your hard disc. Usually it will be on hd0, that is MBR of the first Hard disc.

sudo burg-install "(hd0)"

3) Updating BURG files
Make sure you update the BURG entries before re-booting for the BURG to show up.

sudo update-burg

It provides 12-13 themes  of BURG. Some features provided by BURG are here so at booting time

Press
F1 :- Help
F2 :- Change the theme
F3 :- Change Resolution

Have A Nice Day............

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