[kualum2002]

I have a Mini10V running OSX 10.6.2 installed with netbook maker 0.8.3 and I want to change the apple logo on the boot screen. I have tried many different ways, BootXChanger, tried changing the boot.png in the /extras/themes folder all with no luck. I tried to change the .plist in the /extras folder because it doesn't have a themes string and it totally crashed my netbook, had to do a clean install. I want to change the legacy apple to the attached logo. Any ideas?

[meklort]

Turn legacy logo off in the boot plist. After that you can replace the logo in /Extra.

[kualum2002]

That worked Great....Thanks
Feel free anyone to grab the image and use it

[Aristizzle]

I tried to edit the boot.plist in /Extra in textedit but it would not allow me. Next I changed the permissions to allow me to edit but now when I try to save it after changing Legacy Logo to "No", textedit gives me this: "The document 'com.apple.boot.plist' cold not be saved." Then a dialogue pops up telling me the document can't be autosaved b/c I don't have access to write in my permissions. But my permissions section of the get info thingy for textedit clearly says I can read AND write ('system', 'wheel' and 'everyone' all have read AND write permissions turned on). I'm stumped. Also, is changing the apple boot logo above the kernel spinning gear thingy as easy as simply replacing the grey apple boot.png with my desired choice (assuming it's been appropriately sized)? Help!

[minimalpc]

Originally Posted by Aristizzle

But my permissions section of the get info thingy for textedit clearly says I can read AND write ('system', 'wheel' and 'everyone' all have read AND write permissions turned on).

Reading the above literally, it sounds like you have changed the permissions for textedit. If so, that's not right. You need to change the permissions for the com.apple.Boot.plist file. You may have to take ownership of the file to do it. It may be easier to use Terminal to change the permissions using chmod and/or change the owner using chown.

[Aristizzle]

Sorry for the ambiguous language. I changed the permissions to read and write for the plist file itself, not for textedit. Hacing changed the permissions to read and write for the plist file, I don't understand why it won't late me save the changes. At any rate, 1) what is meant by "take ownership of the file", 2) how does one take ownership and 3) what is "chmod" and "chown". I'm a complete noobie when it comes to terminal commands. What commands would I need to enter to get the job done if "taking ownership" is problematic? Also, I'm assuming all is so much means to the end of getting past my permissions obstacle. Assuming I'm able to do this given workable answers to my 1) — 3) above, is changing the apple boot logo above the kernel spinning gear as easy as simply replacing the grey apple boot.png with my desired choice in the /Extra theme folder? Thanks for your response mini.

[minimalpc]

Originally Posted by Aristizzle

Sorry for the ambiguous language. I changed the permissions to read and write for the plist file itself, not for textedit. Hacing changed the permissions to read and write for the plist file, I don't understand why it won't late me save the changes. At any rate, 1) what is meant by "take ownership of the file", 2) how does one take ownership and 3) what is "chmod" and "chown". I'm a complete noobie when it comes to terminal commands. What commands would I need to enter to get the job done if "taking ownership" is problematic? Also, I'm assuming all is so much means to the end of getting past my permissions obstacle. Assuming I'm able to do this given workable answers to my 1) — 3) above, is changing the apple boot logo above the kernel spinning gear as easy as simply replacing the grey apple boot.png with my desired choice in the /Extra theme folder? Thanks for your response mini.

The chmod command is used to change file permissions and chown is used to change file ownership. Beyond that, enter "man chmod" or "man chown" for the manual pages explaining how to use them. Briefly, the following commands in Terminal should do the trick:
cd /Extra
sudo chmod 777 com.apple.Boot.plist

I have no idea about changing the boot logo.

[Aristizzle]

Fo some reason, Terminal wasn't liking the "cd" before /Extra (no such file?). Found a simple solution on insanelymac that worked just perfect for me, though I'm glad to know about those terminal commands, so thanks again:
"just drag damn' file to your desktop. After that edit your file (the desktop one) and save it. To finish the job you drag the desktop version in the same folder where the old one was ... /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ and it should appear some dialog window....press the Authenticate button and type your password when it's asked for. Good job ... all done!"
So I dragged the boot.plist out of /Extra/theme/default onto the desktop (I was editing the plist from finder search or from the default folder), edited it, saved it, dragged it back into the /Extra/theme/default folder. Was asked to authenticate and did so. Presto! Dragged the apple boot png out and the png I wanted in, authenticated. Restarted and presto, a the apple logo gone above the spinning gear and the new png staring back at me. No why can't you edit the plist in its own location? Seems arbitrary that it allows itself to be edited on the desktop but not in its default location...

[physio101]

plz any 1 would be kind enough to tell me how to do it exactly,, am running win7/os x 10.6.0 on a dell 10v(1011) N270