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hnugz

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« on: 25 November 2003, 10:38 »
Well I got grub to install with knoppix instead of lilo, but the interface is really crappy.  I like the gui that came with mandrake, not the ugly 3 colors im getting know.  How do i get the gui to come up?  Thanks.

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« Reply #1 on: 25 November 2003, 11:57 »
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Well I got grub to install with knoppix instead of lilo, but the interface is really crappy. I like the gui that came with mandrake, not the ugly 3 colors im getting know. How do i get the gui to come up? Thanks.


You don't. GRUB comes with an eight color menu. Whatever GUI 'drake had was something specific to 'Drake.
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« Reply #2 on: 25 November 2003, 17:06 »
unless your just talking about the background image?
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« Reply #3 on: 25 November 2003, 17:45 »
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Originally posted by jtpenrod:

You don't. GRUB comes with an eight color menu. Whatever GUI 'drake had was something specific to 'Drake.



Yes, AFAIK if you want a graphical menu you have to use lilo.

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« Reply #4 on: 26 November 2003, 00:07 »
The lilo boot loader looked just as crappy.  Does knoppix not have anything better looking?

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« Reply #5 on: 26 November 2003, 01:32 »
It doesn't have anything to do with what distriubtion you're using, it's just that mandrake uses lilo by default, which supports graphical menus. You need to configure lilo appropriately. Though why you'd care what your boot menu looks like is beyond me.
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