a) Find gzipped, 640×480, 14 color only, xpm images (like the ones above).
b) Put the images in /boot/grub/splashimages/.
c) Rename the image you wish to use to ‘splash.xpm.gz’.
d) Make a link to /boot/grub/splashimages/splash.xpm.gz and put it in /boot/grub/.
e) Open /boot/grub/menu.lst and below the ‘Pretty colours’ section add a third line as below:
b) Put the images in /boot/grub/splashimages/.
c) Rename the image you wish to use to ‘splash.xpm.gz’.
d) Make a link to /boot/grub/splashimages/splash.xpm.gz and put it in /boot/grub/.
e) Open /boot/grub/menu.lst and below the ‘Pretty colours’ section add a third line as below:
# Pretty colours
# color cyan/blue white/blue
splashimage=(hd0,1)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
# color cyan/blue white/blue
splashimage=(hd0,1)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
(The hd0,1 refers to hard drive 1 partition 2 where my Ubuntu file system is installed. You’ll need to change those numbers if yours differs.)
f) That’s it. Restart to see the new eye candy. For more in depth explanations: GNU GRUB Splash Image Howto, GRUB splash Image Information or Grub Splash.