How To Get Rid Of The Windows Bootscreen

**linuxguy** · 12-17-2004, 01:28 AM

i've seen it in thes posts alot about how to get rid of the screen that says
"Windows XP embedded" and has the bar running across it at the bottom...
this wont make it a fancy custom boot screen, but it will at least get rid of the crappy windows logo....(actually works for all versions of windows)

Just add "/noguiboot" (without the quotes ofcourse) at the end of the entry in your boot.ini file....

for example

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(o)partition(1)\WINDOWS="carputer" /fastdetect /noguiboot

and instead of seeing the windows screen...its just solid black

**Peoples** · 12-17-2004, 01:29 AM

Cool thanks,
BTW
lol, i love how you play with windows so much, but your name is linuxguy

**linuxguy** · 12-17-2004, 01:33 AM

ha ha yea, man of many talents/OS's

i dual boot XP pro and Mandrake 10

what can i say i love Photoshop, and Dreamweaver...if they ported those two programs to linux...i would NEVER run WINDOWS i mean windows

**Skipjacks** · 12-17-2004, 07:25 AM

I think it makes sense. I mean a guy who loves LInux spends hours gettin gso mad at Windows he just snaps and re-writes the whole OS to make it.....good.

Makes sense to me!

**mv2123** · 12-17-2004, 07:57 AM

how big of a file is mandrake 10?

**DarquePervert** · 12-17-2004, 08:05 AM

Originally Posted by mv2123

how big of a file is mandrake 10?

The install is 3CDs, downloaded. It's about 2GB.
http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/ftp.php3

**SuzukiAerio** · 12-17-2004, 10:22 AM

Originally Posted by mv2123

how big of a file is mandrake 10?

http://www.linuxiso.org/

**MatrixPC** · 12-17-2004, 10:32 AM

Basically the same as this one ... with a /bootlogo switch, you have your own boot screen.
Simple custom boot screen. no 3rd party software!

**Camryputer** · 12-17-2004, 09:08 PM

you can add an additional switch to display a custom pic of your choice. Just search the forum for it.

**Mage** · 12-18-2004, 03:23 AM

just a q not really related but how did you get mandrax 10 and XP to work? I have both and can't get in to linux (installed madrax first)

thanks
Mage