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How to configure GRUB boot order and change background.

Published: at 02:10 AM

Changing GRUB Boot Order

  1. open terminal and execute
sudo nano /etc/default/grub
  1. edit the value of GRUB_DEFAULT=0 to the option you want to set. If your desire option is windows and let it is on 4th number than th value for GRUB_DEFAULT = 3. for first option the value of GRUB_DEFAULT=0. grub-configue

  2. update grub after modification

sudo update-grub

Changing GRUB Background

  1. execute sudo update-grub grub-update
  2. Output will return the directory of background image.
  3. copy it and delete it by sudo rm /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-grub.png
  4. for changing the background simply open the directory in which your desired image is and execute sudo cp grub-background.png /usr/share/images/desktop-base/
  5. rename it to default name sudo mv /usr/share/images/desktop-base/grub-background.png /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-grub.png
  6. update grub sudo update-grub grub-background