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mrneilypops

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## refracta boot image size.

Tue Oct 15, 2013 9:47 am

Hi,
How can I change the boot image size from 640x480?
I see that if I have slightly different size to this the image is tiled again and looks bad.
eg. What if the image is 640x420?
Is there a file I can edit to change the required image size?
fsmithred

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## Re: refracta boot image size.

Tue Oct 15, 2013 10:05 am

For grub boot screen (on an installation)
/boot/grub/galaxy_small.png
and then run 'update-grub'
For isolinux/syslinux (on a live-CD image)
/usr/lib/refractasnapshot/iso/isolinux/splash.png
But this one might have to be 640x480 - I'm not really sure. See
http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/Comboot/menu.c32
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=130164
mrneilypops

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## Re: refracta boot image size.

Tue Oct 15, 2013 10:18 am

Sorry I should have stated isolinux/syslinux for a live cd.
Thanks for the reply...I will study a bit more on this...
fsmithred

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## Re: refracta boot image size.

Tue Oct 15, 2013 1:04 pm

I just tried it, and it works. Resized splash.png to 640x420, replaced the one in refractasnapshots isolinux directory, made a snapshot, and on my screen (in virtualbox) the image is now tiled. If you chose the right size for your screen, it should work right.
Note: a quick way to test is to comment out the rsync line that copies the entire filesystem. You'll get an iso file that boots as far as the boot menu. In refractasnapshot-gui 9.0.9-3 and 9.0.9-4, that should be at line 399. It looks like this:

Code:
  `# Copy the filesystem
  copy_filesystem () {
  rsync -av / myfs/ --delete-excluded --exclude="$work_dir" \
  --exclude="$snapshot_dir" --exclude-from="$snapshot_excludes" \
  | tee >($DIALOG --title="Copying filesystem..." --progress --pulsate --auto-close --width 300)
  }
  `

mrneilypops

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## Re: refracta boot image size.

Tue Oct 15, 2013 5:38 pm

Hi fmithred,
Hmm...what I am trying to get is a boot image that is not tiled.
Thanks for the update.
One note not related though;
I was trying to get refractasnapshot working on SId...but no go...usually the process would not complete.
I have now moved to a wheezy base and as expected refractasnapshot works fine.
Is there a possibility of a release that might work on Sid.
Keep up the great work!
EDIT: My latest Debian 7.2 'debidwm' (pronounced ''debidoom'' test spin @ 614MB
https://sourceforge.net/projects/debidwm/
please be patient...still uploading...
fsmithred

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## Re: refracta boot image size.

Tue Oct 15, 2013 6:53 pm

Yes, I assumed you wanted a non-tiled image. For most of us, 640x480 works without tiling. I tested to see if another size would work at all. It's up to you to figure out which resolution will not be tiled on your screen.
We're working on sid now. Current version of refractasnapshot works for us. Post the contents of /var/log/refractasnapshot_errors.log, and maybe we can figure out why it failed.
Note - the current installer doesn't work on sid. The grub-install command needs to have the "--root-directory=blahblah" removed. New version of installer is coming soon. Can't remember off the top of my head if something else needed changing. In a hurry now, but there's a thread about this somewhere (maybe in the Experimental section of the forum.)
mrneilypops

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## Re: refracta boot image size.

Tue Oct 15, 2013 6:59 pm

Thanks for the update - much appreciated.
dzz

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## Re: refracta boot image size.

Wed Oct 16, 2013 5:15 pm

(slightly OT, not to do with splash image):

> Note - the current installer doesn't work on sid. The grub-install command needs to have the "--root-directory=blahblah" removed.

that doesn't look right to me either, since it is done in chroot.. however I just today installed a sid image, using the latest GIT installer and grub-pc (-bin) 2.00-19 .. I recall having to sort grub manually with previous versions. This one works.
The only modifications I made to the installer were add set -x before the log begins (to get a full log) and to copy the log at the end to the installation (else it ends after rsync) .. ideas for a full-logging option were discussed elsewhere.
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