Hello to all Linux readers . This time I bring you a post that may be especially useful for those who use or are trying out Manjaro Linux on their hard drive. It's about how to use Syslinux in Manjaro Linux without getting lost in the process.
Syslinux is already installed by default in Manjaro, but how can I activate it and make sure everything works fine? We have two variants:
1.- Use the command
sudo syslinux-install_update -iam
to finish activating syslinux and make it operational.
2. Edit the syslinux.cfg file located in /boot with your favorite editor:
sudo gedit /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg
And since our kernel is special, replace everything in your syslinux.cfg with this:
serial 0 38400
default vesamenu.c32
prompt 0
#menu title Manjaro Linux
menu background splash.png
timeout 0
menu clear
menu margin 4
menu rows 10
menu vshift 8
menu timeoutrow 14
menu tabmsgrow 15
menu cmdlinerow 16
menu helpmsgrow 16
menu helpmsgendrow 29
menu color border * #00000000 #00000000 none
menu color title 0 #4fb72f #00000000 none
menu color sel 0 #4fb72f #00000000 none
menu color unsel 0 #ffffffff #00000000 none
menu color help 0 #4fb72f #00000000 none
menu color timeout 0 #ffffffff #00000000 none
menu color timeout_msg 0 #ffffffff #00000000 none
menu color tabmsg * #4fb72f #00000000 none
menu color cmdmark 0 #4fb72f #00000000 none
menu color cmdline 0 #ffffffff #00000000 none
LABEL arch
MENU LABEL Manjaro Linux
LINUX ../vmlinuz-3.4.9-1-i686-manjaro ro quiet splash vga=792
APPEND root=/dev/sda1 ro
INITRD ../initramfs-3.4.9-1-i686-manjaro.img
LABEL archfallback
MENU LABEL Manjaro Linux modo seguro
LINUX ../vmlinuz-3.4.9-1-i686-manjaro
APPEND root=/dev/sda1 ro
INITRD ../initramfs-3.4.9-1-i686-manjaro-fallback.img
LABEL reboot
MENU LABEL Reiniciar
COM32 reboot.c32
LABEL off
MENU LABEL Apagar
COMBOOT poweroff.com
3. EXTRA STEP: Graphical Syslinux: Do you still have the Manjaro installation DVD or USB , or did you lose the ISO?
From the installation media, you need to extract the splash.png file from the /boot/syslinux/ folder as root and paste it into the Syslinux folder on your PC. This will give you your graphical Syslinux interface, which is much nicer than GRUB.
Updated:
I leave you the image, taken from a cell phone, sorry for the quality 