10 replies to this topic

[hoptop]

hi I am making a small boot stick and need so help making it look and work a bit better like is the a way of get the slash image to a higher res  i have seen people have done it but can not find out how also is the any code i need to change to make it work better menu here part of the code 

 

menu

 

clear

debug off

 

## menu border color

color border=0

 

echo -P:0017 $[0026]LOADING PLEASE WAIT

pause --wait=1

write (md)0x220+1 !BAT\necho -n -P:0000 $[0133]                      --- THIS USB STICK WAS MADE BY STAPHEN JAMES ---                                     \0

initscript (md)0x220+1

 

 

# Splash Image

splashimage=(hd0,0)/pic/5.xpm.gz

foreground=000000 

background=000000 

## set vbe mode

graphicsmode -1 100:1000 100:10000 24:32

password --md5 $1$ removed

 

 

title You Must enter my Password  to get pc tool and insatallation 

lock

configfile /mainmenu.lst

 

main menu

 

clear

debug off

 

## menu border color

color border=0

## set vbe mode

graphicsmode -1 100:1000 100:10000 24:32 

write (md)0x220+1 !BAT\necho -n -P:0000 $[0133]              --- THIS USB STICK WAS MADE BY STEPHEN JAMES ---                                     \0

initscript (md)0x220+1

 

# Splash Image

splashimage=(hd0,0)/pic/2.xpm.gz

foreground=000000 

background=000000 

### MENU 

title Antivirus

configfile /boot/grub4dos/antivirus.lst

### MENU END

### MENU

title Recovery

configfile /boot/grub4dos/Recovery.lst

### MENU END

### MENU 

title ³ Boot from Hard Drive - Windows XP 

find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /ntldr

map () (hd0)

map (hd0) ()

map --rehook

find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /ntldr

chainloader /ntldr

### MENU END

### MENU 

title ³ Boot from Hard Drive - Windows Vista/7

find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /bootmgr

map () (hd0)

map (hd0) ()

map --rehook

find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /bootmgr

chainloader /bootmgr

### MENU END

### MENU 

title reboot 

reboot

### MENU END

one of the sub 

clear

debug off

 

## menu border color

color border=0

## set vbe mode

graphicsmode -1 100:1000 100:10000 24:32 

write (md)0x220+1 !BAT\necho -n -P:0000 $[0133]              --- THIS USB STICK WAS MADE BY STEPHEN JAMES ---                                     \0

initscript (md)0x220+1

 

# Splash Image

splashimage=(hd0,0)/pic/2.xpm.gz

foreground=000000 

background=000000 

### MENU 

title Back to  main menu 

configfile /mainmenu.lst

### MENU END

 

 

### MENU START

title Clonezilla\nCLONEZILLA-LIVE-20130226-QUANTAL-I386.ISO  (130 MB)\n

ls /images/clonezillalivequantali386.iso || find --set-root /images/clonezillalivequantali386.iso

map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 /images/clonezillalivequantali386.iso (0xff) || map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 --mem /images/clonezillalivequantali386.iso (0xff)

map --hook

chainloader (0xff)

### MENU END

 

 

### MENU START

title Darik's Boot And Nuke\nDBANI586.ISO  (10.5 MB)\nDarik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN) is a self-contained boot disk that securely\nwipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will automatically and\ncompletely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, which\nmakes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data destruction.

ls /images/dbani586.iso || find --set-root /images/dbani586.iso

map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 /images/dbani586.iso (0xff) || map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 --mem /images/dbani586.iso (0xff)

map --hook

chainloader (0xff)

### MENU END

 

### MENU START

title password remove\n

ls /images/pelazesoft.iso || find --set-root /images/pelazesoft.iso

map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 /images/pelazesoft.iso (0xff) || map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 --mem /images/pelazesoft.iso (0xff)

map --hook

chainloader (0xff)

### MENU END

 

 

### MENU START

title safetydrillrecoverycd\n

ls /images/safetydrillrecoverycd.iso || find --set-root /images/safetydrillrecoverycd.iso

map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 /images/safetydrillrecoverycd.iso (0xff) || map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 --mem /images/safetydrillrecoverycd.iso (0xff)

map --hook

chainloader (0xff)

### MENU END

 

### MENU START

title password remove\n

ls /images/pelazesoft.iso || find --set-root /images/pelazesoft.iso

map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 /images/pelazesoft.iso (0xff) || map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 --mem /images/pelazesoft.iso (0xff)

map --hook

chainloader (0xff)

### MENU END

 

 

 

[Wonko the Sane]

I am not getting it.

This is probably a question that shoudl go in the grub4dos forum, but I miss the actual question.

Who are you?

1. STAPHEN JAMES
2. STEPHEN JAMES
3. someone else

I mean , WHERE does that menu.lst originally come from?

It looks like a mish/mash of several different approaches put together with contrasting settings (for the graphical parts).

 

See if this helps you :

http://www.rmprepusb...plashimage-file

 

Wonko

[hoptop]

no the spelling mistake was not it  it try to get the pic to work with higher res as when i try it the image do not come up and each part of the text above in different colour is different menu  this was made by xboot  by i try add bits to it 

[Wonko the Sane]

no the spelling mistake was not it  it try to get the pic to work with higher res as when i try it the image do not come up and each part of the text above in different colour is different menu  this was made by xboot  by i try add bits to it 

Sure , but the issue is then "outside" XBOOT, and related to grub4dos ONLY.

Check also the grub4dos version you are using, XBOOT, due to a tragical event that we only got to know recently:
http://reboot.pro/to...riam-of-shamur/
has not been updated since 2011.

Get latest "featured" version of grub4dos here:
http://code.google.c.../downloads/list

Then follow the instructions in the given link on Steve6375's RMPREPUSB site.

 

More generally, consider that it makes sense to use an automated tool such as XBOOT ONLY if you are satisfied with the result "as is" (or you want to make very minor changes to it), if you need to fiddle with it, you need to learn about grub4dos syntax and you will soon find out how it is actually easier (once you know how to use the grub4dos) to start from scratch and build manually your USB sticks.


Wonko

[hoptop]

hi have been try to get the splash image to work with higher colours and higher  i have tried updating the grub4dos to grub4dos-0.4.6a-2013-03-03 but still can not get it to work right here the image the first  one is the how it booting and the how it should be 

 

here my coding any ideal what i am going wrong 

 

clear

debug off

 

# set 1024x768 and load background (don't display 'Loading splashimage...' text by redirecting to nul

# set colours

color normal=0x66 highlight=0xe6 helptext=0x1D heading=0x0A standard=0x0b border=0x01

 

 

# wordspacing and linespacing normally set to 0, borderwidth=0 for no border, 1 for thin border, etc.

# /menusetting u    will restore max menu grub4dos default

set wdspace=0

set lnspace=0

set topstart=10

set rstart=80

set noitems=10

set menuw=90

set bdwidth=0

set tophelp=23

/menusetting.gz u

# place a 10 entry menu at extreme right of 1024x768 splashimage bitmap, starting 10 lines down

/menusetting.gz   %wdspace% %lnspace% %bdwidth% %tophelp% %noitems% %topstart% %menuw% %rstart%

 

echo -P:0017 $[0026]LOADING PLEASE WAIT

pause --wait=1

write (md)0x220+1 !BAT\necho -n -P:0000 $[0133]                      --- THIS USB STICK WAS MADE BY STEPHEN JAMES ---                                     \0

initscript (md)0x220+1

graphicsmode -1 100:1000 100:10000 24:32  && splashimage /pic/t.xpm.gz > nul

 

# Splash Image

 

 

password --md5 $1  removed 

 

title You Must enter my Password  to get pc tool and installation 

lock

configfile /mainmenu.lst

 

 

title ****** If you do not have password  ******\n

root()

 

 

### MENU END

title Boot from Hard Drive - Windows XP

find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /ntldr

map () (hd0)

map (hd0) ()

map --rehook

find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /ntldr

chainloader /ntldr

### MENU END

 

### MENU END

title Boot from Hard Drive - Windows Vista/7

find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /bootmgr

map () (hd0)

map (hd0) ()

map --rehook

find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /bootmgr

chainloader /bootmgr

### MENU END

 

### MENU END

title reboot 

reboot

### MENU END

 

 

[Wonko the Sane]

WHAT are the features of the image?

(Size/resolution/number of colours/bit depth)

This:

 

graphicsmode -1 100:1000 100:10000 24:32 && splashimage /pic/t.xpm.gz > nul

 

is NOT among the given examples, and "auto-checking" the resolution may cause anyway an issue.

 

If the image is a 1024x768xn colours/bits, try the corresponding "fixed" setting.

 

check the reference page starting from here:

 

It is important to realise that not all systems can support high resolutions or colour bit densities. For instance, most older netbooks are 800x600 and so would not correctly support 1024x768. For this reason, if you want your bootable USB drive to work on a variety of systems, you will need to either use the lowest common denominator (e.g. 800x600) or check what graphics mode is supported and have a variety of different bitmaps of different resolutions available (see below for more about how to do this).

You may need to use VBEPROBE and a set of images with different resolutions.

 

Wonko

 

[hoptop]

 

just to let you know that worked it out  i tried resize convert using image magick with no luck then tried fix size code 

 

graphicsmode -1 640  100:1000 24:32 

graphicsmode -1 800  100:1000 24:32 

graphicsmode -1 1024 100:1000 2432

this did not work   then I tried in paint and still zip them as .gz stall the same  and was just about to give up the just tried just the unziip bmp image and it worked  

thanks to all that tried to help me 

Edited by hoptop, 09 March 2013 - 02:05 PM.

[steve6375]

You still haven't said what the bitmap resolution and color depth was?

Also, I notice your extension was  xxx.xpm.gz - this is incorrect for hi-res bitmaps - you just take the bmp and compress it to .gz with 7Zip (do not convert to xpm).

[hoptop]

it was 800x600 at 24 bit but I tried a few resolution and color depths i did use xxx.xpm.gz and xxx.bmp.gz but the only way I could get it to work is to lave it unzip and I got it working up to 1024x740 at 32bit as long as I do not zip it

[steve6375]

I tested with grub4dos 0.4.5c and 0.4.6a using an 800x600x24 bmp  zipped using 7zip to /fred/xxx.bmp.gz - both work fine.

Is there something you are doing differently?

[hoptop]

think I  am just going to lave it as it working  unzipped