Ubuntu 10.04 BURG install (or on 10.04 based distros)

Hallo!

This post's topic is: How to install BURG on your Ubuntu 10.04.

So, what's BURG? Burg is the Brand New Bootloader Based on GRUB. But we can comprehend as a GRUB with nice theme.

How to install it?

It's not so difficult, just follow this few steps. Add the BURG repository into yours then install BURG.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bean123ch/burg

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install burg-pc burg burg-themes burg-emu

During the install the installer will ask for the destination disk (where to install BURG)

Complete! Now, you can test BURG with the sudo burg-emu -D command. You can see the beautiful BURG :) Choose theme with pushing the F2 button.

Optional: If you experience problems with BURG appearance (low resolution), follow this steps.

(1) Open a terminal and execute sudo nano(or gedit never mind) /boot/burg/burg.cfg

(2) Search for set_gfxmode=640x480 line

(3) Modify the resolution to your desktop's resolution

(4) Save and restart to see changes :)

The original article is from Ubuntugeek, many thanks! =))

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