How to install Burg Manager on Ubuntu 13.04 and derivatives Raring
How to install Burg Manager on Ubuntu 13.04 and derivatives Raring
Burg is an alternative to GRUB2 boot loader built mainly to offer greater customization and functionality comparison Grub bootloader.
Among the main features of Burg include support for popular file systems
and operating systems including Linux / Windows / OSX / Solaris / FreeBSD, etc. also a highly configurable menu system with which you can operate on the boot process from its text mode and graphically.
In this guide we will see how to install Burg on Ubuntu 13.04 Raring
previous versions and derivatives and how to customize it using the best
tools called Super-Boot-Manager.
To install Burg Manager on Ubuntu 13.04 Using PPA , Open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:
- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ingalex/super-boot-manager
- sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get install burg-pc burg burg-themes burg-emu
during installation you will be asked to confirm the installation of Burg and to insert it as our default bootloader just give always OK and correctly choose the hard disk where to install the bootloader Burg.
After installation we carry out the update of Burg in such a way that
recognizes and integrates also other operating systems installed in our
system to do this just type:
- sudo update-burg
this is done we can have a preview of what will be our bootloader Burg typing:
- sudo burg-emu
At this point we can customize Burg tools to do just start
the Super-Boot-Manager from which you can operate on Burg installing
new themes and customize certain features such as default system timeout
etc..
From Super Boot Manager, you can also restore Grub as bootloader or operating on Plymouth resolution by the ability to install new themes etc..
For Arch Linux users can install Burg following this guide from the official Arch Linux Wiki.