To achieve what???
I already previously responded with what to do if you want to change
the "Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)" text shown as part of the default
background splash. It's in the very text you quoted in your reply...
There is no text "Debian" in actual grub2/syslinux menus...
Regards,Lyndon
On Sat, 2020-05-02 at 22:18 +0500, Pak OS wrote:
> 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
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> > > > 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--
