StartUp Manager

StartUp Manager es una aplicación que se encarga de hacer el trabajo fácil al momento de editar el "menu.lst" de configuración del GRUB de nuestro sistema.

Con Startup Manager podremos:

-Crear un disco de rescate.
-Modificar el Usplash del sistema.
-Agregar seguridad al arranque del sistema.
-Limitar el número de Kernels visibles al inicio.
-Modificar las opciones del GRUB (Sistema por defecto, resolución y profundidad de color).

Link de Descarga:

http://web.telia.com/~u88005282/sum/archive/deb/startupmanager_1.0.6-1_all.deb

Repositorios:

deb http://ubuntusoftware.info/ edgy all


Instalación.

***WARNING***
If you are unlucky, this tool could make your system unable to start. USE IT ON YOUR OWN RISK!

It is tested with Debian Etch and with Ubuntu and Kubuntu, versions Breezy, Dapper, Edgy and Feisty.

To install SUM:

Recommended way:

Follow instructions on http://ubuntusoftware.info/repos.html

Then just install the package "startupmanager" in your package manager of choice.

Alternative way:

1-Graphical installation:
You should be able to right-click the package you downloaded and open it with your package manager(GDebi or KPackage depending on your desktop environment).

GDebi should install any dependencies automatically. If your package manager does not, open a terminal and type

sudo apt-get install -f

2-Commandline installation:

sudo dpkg -i startupmanager_1.0.6-1_all.deb

sudo apt-get install -f

The first command will complain about an error. Do not worry, the second command will fix it.

-Additional installation:

You want some Grub and Usplash themes to play with in SUM?

To get grub images:
Make sure the Universe repository is enabled, then do a

sudo apt-get install grub-splashimages kubuntu-grub-splashimages

To get usplash images:

For usplash art, see link to the left.
Also, search Gnome-look (http://www.gnome-look.org) and Kde-look (http://www.kde-look.org) for "Usplash"

Download them, unpack them and use SUM to install them.



-To uninstall SUM:

1-Graphical uninstallation:

Open your package manager and remove the package "startupmanager".

2-Commandline uninstallation:

sudo apt-get remove startupmanager