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2011-03-31T03:52:47Z

‎Modify your default file from your server

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==How to change the font size / color of the PXE boot menu==

It's very easy to edit the graphical pxe menu of the FOG server. You can change everything from the background color [[Link title]] to the font color / size, and even add additional pieces of software you can boot from.

===Modify your default file from your server===
You can also edit and modify the default menu file directly on your FOG server. This file is located in the '''/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg''' folder. <br>
::''Note that this file, along with your customized edits, will be overwritten by FOG if the PXE boot menu is updated through the web interface.''

Open the default file in your favorite text editor. You are going to want to modify the file to adjust the menu color title and the default font color. Please note that font color and menu color are controlled similar to what you would see in HTML based coding.

<pre> DEFAULT vesamenu.c32
MENU TITLE FOG Computer Cloning Solution
MENU BACKGROUND fog/bg.png
MENU MASTER PASSWD $1$K8Vl0MRF$IeRczmyo1X3EH3Zf5aEcH0

menu color title 1;36;44 #ffffffff #00000000 std</pre>

By default #ffffffff = white

By default #00000000 = black

If you feel inclined, you can also change what is displayed at the top of the menu as well. Even though FOG is registered under GPL 3, I am going to suggest that you include some credit for Chuck Syperski / etc.

Here is a list of other color elements you may wish to change

screen Rest of the screen
border Border area
title Title bar
unsel Unselected menu item
hotkey Unselected hotkey
sel Selection bar
hotsel Selected hotkey
disabled Disabled menu item
scrollbar Scroll bar
tabmsg Press [Tab] message
cmdmark Command line marker
cmdline Command line
pwdborder Password box border
pwdheader Password box header
pwdentry Password box contents
timeout_msg Timeout message
timeout Timeout counter
help Help text
msgXX Message (F-key) file attribute XX

e.g
menu color unsel 1;36;44 #fc0000 #00000000 std
will change the color of your menu items to red

(These and more PXE menu settings can be found [http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/Comboot/menu.c32 http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/Comboot/menu.c32]

=== Sample Background Images ===
<ul>
<li>White background with FOG logo in Black:
[[Media:Bg1.png]]</li>
<li>Transparent FOG logo in Black:
[[Media:Bg2.png|Bg2.png]]</li></ul>
[[Category:Customization]]

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