[Novalug] switchign to a new harddrive for boot - xubuntu

Derek LaHousse dlahouss@mtu.edu
Sat Nov 8 18:35:30 EST 2014


Debian gets the grub theme from grub-theme-starfield.

On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 6:18 PM, Bonnie Dalzell via Novalug
<novalug@firemountain.net> wrote:
> I purchased a new terabyte harddrive and installed Xubuntu 14.04 on it (I
> also installed the latest Mint along side the Xubuntu). In any case I still
> have my Xubuntu 12.04 installed on another drive.
>
> I actually figured out how to install the boot files on the new harddrive
> and after some tinkering with settings in the BIOS the system comes up and
> boots and I can choose which OS to boot from.
>
> The previous installation had this great image on the linux boot screen with
> stars and galaxies and the phrase "Debian the universal operating system."
>
> Any idea where the boot screen gets its background image?
>
> Also if anyone upgraded from xubuntu 12 to xubuntu 14 and happens to dislike
> the new "whisker menu" I can tell you how to mostly get rid of it and get
> the older menu.
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