How to get splash screen when dual booting with another distro [SOLVED]

[gdesilva]

Hi,

I am dual booting PCLOS with another distro and using another distro Grub2 as the bootloader. I can boot PCLOS without any problem except for the fact that I do not get the PCLOS splash screen. I get the text message 'Booting System' and then the logon screen.

Is there a fix for this?

Thanks

[Old-Polack]

Hi,

I am dual booting PCLOS with another distro and using another distro Grub2 as the bootloader. I can boot PCLOS without any problem except for the fact that I do not get the PCLOS splash screen. I get the text message 'Booting System' and then the logon screen.

Is there a fix for this?

Thanks

Certainly... use the PCLinuxOS version of grub in your MBR, or chainload to the PCLinuxOS grub, installed to the PCLinuxOS / partition.

[gdesilva]

Certainly... use the PCLinuxOS version of grub in your MBR, or chainload to the PCLinuxOS grub, installed to the PCLinuxOS / partition.

@Old-Polack, thanks for the prompt response. I should have mentioned that at this point in time I prefer to keep the installed version of grub2 and prefer not to install PCLOS grub. I presume the alternative solution you described allows me to keep the existing grub2 version?

[Old-Polack]

Certainly... use the PCLinuxOS version of grub in your MBR, or chainload to the PCLinuxOS grub, installed to the PCLinuxOS / partition.

@Old-Polack, thanks for the prompt response. I should have mentioned that at this point in time I prefer to keep the installed version of grub2 and prefer not to install PCLOS grub. I presume the alternative solution you described allows me to keep the existing grub2 version?

Yes.

[Neal ManBear]

gdesilva,
Install grub to the / partition of PCLinuxOS. Simple as that.     

[gdesilva]

@Old_Polack, @Neal ManBear - thanks very much.