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Re: How to take a screenshot of grub2

Rhakios — Mon Jul 23, 2012 8:46 pm

Author: Rhakios

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 8:46 pm

Ram wrote:

Use a camera.

I thought that and then thought, do I have a camera that runs Linux?

Ooh, yes, Android tablet counts!

Re: How to take a screenshot of grub2

pfnorris — Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:06 am

Author: pfnorris

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:06 am

I hadn't thought of booting a VM from the hard disk. I'll give that a go.

Thanks Guys.

Re: How to take a screenshot of grub2

Ram — Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:30 pm

Author: Ram

Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:30 pm

Use a camera.

Re: How to take a screenshot of grub2

nelz — Sun Jul 22, 2012 8:23 pm

Author: nelz

Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2012 8:23 pm

You could try booting a VM from the hard disk. That doesn't always work that well, but you only need to get as far as the GRUB menu.

Re: How to take a screenshot of grub2

pfnorris — Sun Jul 22, 2012 4:05 pm

Author: pfnorris

Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2012 4:05 pm

Yeah Thanks

I figured I could do something like that, but as this instance has four different distros on it, it just felt like alot of arsing about just to get a screenshot. I was hoping that there might be native way of grabbing it.

Phil

Re: How to take a screenshot of grub2

nelz — Sun Jul 22, 2012 11:37 am

Author: nelz

Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2012 11:37 am

I don't know about the others, but my GRUB screenshots are always taken with it running in a qemu virtual machine.

How to take a screenshot of grub2

pfnorris — Sun Jul 22, 2012 11:11 am

Author: pfnorris

Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2012 11:11 am

I have set up a demo workstation for work showcasing a variety of Linux distros and desktops so that users can come along and have a play.

I am writng a guide to go along with it so they can get the most out of it. I would like to include a screenshot of the grub menu in the guide, but I am scratching my head as to how to capture said image.

I'm sure I have seen some grub screenshots in this august publication. Any chance of sharing a trick of the trade? Google seems to be at a loss on this one.

Phil