Changing the boot loader.

[proxima_centauri]

I know you can do this graphically with a program called "startupmanager". You can change the grub bootloader themes.

[merlwiz79]

Ok we use a different version of grub called grub-gfxboot.
It allows for better backgrounds and is graphical.
Current size limit is 8MBs.

Copy the file /boot/gfxmenu/linuxmint.message file to a work folder.(example used /home/USER_NAME/gfxboot-theme/)
Then right click in Nautilus and click open terminal here.
Now run this command:

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cpio -i < linuxmint.message

Now delete the *message files and back.jpg
Copy your jpg to the folder and make sure it's named back.jpg.
Now run this in terminal to make the CPIO file that the theme needs to be in.

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ls . |cpio -o > /home/USER_NAME/custom.message

Now copy it to /boot/gfxmenu/ and edit menu.lst:

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gksu gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

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gfxmenu=/boot/gfxmenu/custom.message

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