Kindly inform, what files to change, if we are using grub 2. Thanks. gSM
On Sat, May 2, 2020, 22:00 <jnq...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ah, you speak of "boot/grub/menu.list", which is the configuration file > for grub-legacy. I presumed that you meant grub2 (grub-pc|grub-efi). > > The grub-legacy support is largely unmaintained, and their is no **config > option** for replacing the "Debian" text in the grub-legacy menus. That's > not to say it's impossible though, it **is** possible. > > Since this is just text in text based files, you can easily enough > construct a "hook" that you can place in your config to make the necessary > modification to the binary contents before it is finally wrapped up as an > ISO/IMG/whatever. > > So: > 1. You create a small "hook" script in your config directory which does > text replacement on the binary/boot/grub/menu.list file. > 2. You execute the build. > > What happens: > 1. When the build reaches the grub-legacy setup stage, it writes the > config with "Debian" strings. > 2. A little later the binary hooks stage is reached, and your hook gets > run, which modifies that file to replace those strings as you desire. > 3. After this the stage for wrapping things up as an ISO or whatever is > reached, completing your image. > > You should find instructions for writing hooks in the `live-manual`. > > Alternatively, stop using grub-legacy. > > Regards, > Lyndon > > On Sat, 2020-05-02 at 21:52 +0530, Harshad Joshi wrote: > > No it is not about the graphics that are displayed on grub menu. I have my > own kernel and set of binaries that don't have debian license so calling my > live+install CD as debian os would be wrong. > > Hence I want to rename the debian entry in grub as something else. I had > previously done this by editing /boot/grub/menu.lst in 2013-14 but now a > lot has changed underneath both the debian live wrapper and grub itself. > > So please assist me in making those required changes that will reflect my > os name after live CD installation on hdd. > > --sent from OnePlus device-- > > On Sat, 2 May, 2020, 5:10 AM , <jnq...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I presume that what you really mean is the text at the top of the screen > in the bootloader? Like "Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)". > > If that's what you mean, it's a part of the background image (splash), > automatically generated from an SVG, with the text hard coded into > live-build. > > At the current time the only solution available to you, besides hacking > live-build, is to use a custom bootloader splash, which involves: > 1. making a "bootloaders" directory within your config. > 2. copying the folders for the bootloaders you're using from > /usr/share/live/build/bootloaders into it. > 3. replacing the splash. > 4. doing a build of course. > > Note that you can throw away the SVG file in your syslinux > (isolinux|syslinux|extlinuz|pxelinux) folder and replace with a PNG > instead. grub only takes a PNG. > > Note that grub (default used for EFI) has a wierd thing in its config > where it actually uses the syslinux (default used for BIOS) splash if > present instead of the one in its folder, but you're probably going to > replace both anyway... This was probably added because only the syslinux > code has the code for converting an SVG splash. > > Expect this to improve in future. > 1. In the next version of live-build (being worked on) the bootloader > files in your config are merged with the default ones, so you only need a > copy of the files you want to replace (splash). > 2. Some work has been done to remove some old derivative distro hacks > mess, and more is to be done, including ensuring that a proper mechanism > exists for users to override strings like the one you refer to. > > I personally introduced change #1 (completed) and I personally am > intending to take care of change #2 in the near future (it's on my todo > list [1]). > > [1]: https://salsa.debian.org/jnqnfe/live-build/-/wikis/todo-list > > Regards, > Lyndon > > Help support my work > --------------------- > Please consider supporting my work. My links are below. > (please also consider the team's work reviewing my work) > - liberapay: https://liberapay.com/jnqnfe/donate > - patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jnqnfe > - buy-me-a-coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jnqnfe > > > On Mon, 2020-04-27 at 12:06 +0530, Harshad Joshi wrote: > > My CD contains non debian components and hence I want to change its name > from debian to something else. > > Currently live installer shows menuentry as debian. > > Current grub2 settings don't have any settings for same. > > --sent from OnePlus device-- > >
