How to : Install GFX Grub In Ubuntu.

GNU Graphics Grub is the new Grub boot screen which adds to Visual appeal of Boot Screen .. Unlike older grub GFX Grub has now much better themes and customization options.. So lets take a quick look at How To Install GFX GrubBoot Menu..

To install GFX Grub we have to remove older grub so that it should cause any dependencies problem.. To remove Grub Open Terminal . .Main Menu -> Accessories -> Terminal Now type the following code in Terminal

sudo apt-get remove grub

Download GFX Grub debian installer from here and install it by double clicking it Download : GFX Grub

Before we get started take backup of you Menu.lst file so that you can use it in mishap ..
To take backup of Menu.lst file Navigate to /boot/grub and save it ..

Now Download some additional themes for GFX Grub Menu Click Here

Now unzip the files and move it to /boot/grub .. Since it comes under root file system you need to gain root privileged to do that .. Type the following in Terminal

sudo su root

Enter password and then type this nautilus this will open a new Nautilus Window. .Navigate to /boot/grub through root nautilus window.. Copy all the message.xyz file to /boot/grub

Now since you have added theme .. Lets do final settings to make this GFX Grub work.. Open terminal and type this

sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

Add this line at the top of the Menu.lst file

gfxmenu /boot/grub/message.xyz # the xyz should be replaced with the theme name that you are going to use

Since you have removed you older grub you need to restore GFX Grub so that you boot through OS without any problem.. Open Terminal and do these

Type

sudo grub
find /boot/grub/stage1

You will get a output like (hd0,4) or other depending on you HDD partitions

Then type this

root (hdx,x)
setup (hdx)

Where “x” represent the value of hdd sector in which you have installed grub

The last thing you have to do is to install Grub MBR .

sudo fdisk -l

You will get an output like this

Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0dd6c6bd

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 3187 25599546 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 3188 8287 40965750 f W95 Ext’d (LBA)
/dev/sda3 8288 9607 10602900 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 9608 9729 979965 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda5 3188 5737 20482843+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6 5738 8287 20482843+ 7 HPFS/NTFS

Look for the bold Entry and finally install MBR in Filesystem

sudo grub-install /dev/sdaX
Note : Replace sda by hda if it is in fdisk -l output

Where X represent the number of you Hard Disk sector in which you have installed Grub…

Here is what My GFX looks like …

Thats it reboot and see the magic 🙂 A new refreshing Grub Menu welcomes you 😛
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