[Translation wish] EFI branch: `menu.lst` in English. Also: Websites/ Info in English.

[dreirund]

Ahoj,

the provided menu.lst in the efi branch is in Chinese only.

I hereby suggest/feature wish that it is by default in English, or that you provide an English variant (kept up to date) as well if you prefer the Chinese by default.

Also, many of your websites/ information seems to be Chinese-only or a mixture of both.

I have distribution-packaged the efi branch for Arch GNU/Linux, and it is very annoying to have at regular updates to your repository the menu.lst changed and my translation patch needs to be manually reworked.

Regards!

[msetzerii]

copied it to translate.google.com.

This is a sample menu.lst file. You should modify it.

It must be UTF-8 encoded to support multiple languages.

The font should be in unifont.hex format. # Set countdown timer (in seconds)

timeout 30

Set the first entry as the default selection

default 1

Set character colors (The high 32 bits define the background color; the low 32 bits define the foreground color. Run echo -rrggbb in the command line to view corresponding colors.)

#color normal=0xff9933 highlight=0xffff00 helptext=0xff00ff heading=0x66ff00

Set graphics mode (Use graphicsmode to detect graphics modes supported by the system)

#graphicsmode -1 800 (Horizontal pixels)

Load background image

#splashimage /efi/grub/splashimage.jpg || splashimage /boot/grub/splashimage.bmp

Load Unifont (If using a font other than 16x16, an additional parameter is required—e.g., --font-high=24)

#font /efi/grub/unifont.hex.gz

Retrieve horizontal pixel count to load different font sizes and background images

#calc *0x834c > nul ;; set a=%@RetVal%
#if %a%>=801 && font --font-high=40 /efi/grub/menu40.hex
#if %a%<=800 && font /efi/grub/unifont.hex.gz && splashimage /efi/grub/lt.jpg

Check boot environment: if %@UEFI%==64 (0/32/64 = BIOS / UEFI_x86 / UEFI_x64)

Configure menu box

#setmenu --box x=4 w=60 y=6 h=9 l=2

Set menu key-binding help text to Chinese

#setmenu --lang=zh

Enable automatic menu numbering

#setmenu --auto-num-on

Set custom text string

#setmenu --string=x=y=color="String"

Display date and time

#setmenu --string=x=y=color="date&time=yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"

Display countdown timer

#setmenu --timeout=x=y=color

#For more menu editing functions, animations, image menus, etc., please refer to http://bbs.wuyou.net/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=369720&extra=page%3D3

title Boot EFI file
chainloader /efi/boot/grub2x64.efi

title Boot Windows
chainloader /efi/microsoft/boot/bootmgfw.efi

title Boot virtual CD-ROM
find --set-root /cdrom.iso
map /cdrom.iso (0xff)
chainloader (0xff)

title Boot virtual CD-ROM (loaded into memory)
find --set-root /cdrom.iso
map --mem /cdrom.iso (0xff)
chainloader (0xff)

title Boot existing CD-ROM (cd0)

chainloader (cd0)

title Boot virtual hard disk
find --set-root /boot/hdd.img
map /boot/hdd.img (hd)

chainloader (hd-1)

title Boot virtual hard disk (load into memory)

find --set-root /boot/hdd.img

map --mem /boot/hdd.img (hd)

chainloader (hd-1)

title Boot existing hard disk (hd0)

chainloader (hd0)

title Boot other menu

configfile /efi/grub/menu2.lst

title Boot Linux Porteus 5.0 x86_64 openbox

kernel /porteus/vmlinuz copy2ram

initrd /porteus/initrd.xz

Assuming external commands are located at /efi/grub/ext/

Assuming WIM/VHD (or boot folder) is located at (hdx,y)/boot/imgs/

Assuming Windows' winload.efi is located at (hdx,y)

title Boot using external command ntloader WIM/VHD (kernel solution 1)
uuid(hdx,y)
kernel /efi/grub/ext/ntloader uuid=%?% file=/boot/imgs/winpe.wim
initrd /efi/grub/ext/initrd.cpio

title Booting WIM/VHD using the external command ntloader (kernel solution 2)

find --set-root /boot/imgs/winpe.wim

uuid ()

find --set-root /efi/grub/ext/ntloader

kernel /efi/grub/ext/ntloader uuid=%?% file=/boot/imgs/winpe.wim

initrd /efi/grub/ext/initrd.cpio

title Booting WIM/VHD using the external command ntloader (chainloader solution 1)

uuid (hdx,y)

chainloader /efi/grub/ext/ntloader initrd=/efi/grub/ext/initrd.cpio uuid=%?% file=/boot/imgs/winpe.wim

title Booting WIM/VHD using the external command ntloader (chainloader solution 2)

find --set-root /boot/imgs/winpe.wim

uuid ()

find --set-root /efi/grub/ext/ntloader

chainloader /efi/grub/ext/ntloader initrd=/efi/grub/ext/initrd.cpio uuid=%?% file=/boot/imgs/winpe.wim

title Booting Windows using the external command ntloader (kernel solution)

uuid (hdx,y)

kernel /efi/grub/ext/ntloader uuid=%?%

initrd /efi/grub/ext/initrd.cpio

title Booting Windows using the external command ntloader (chainloader solution)

uuid (hdx,y)

chainloader /efi/grub/ext/ntloader initrd=/efi/grub/ext/initrd.cpio uuid=%?%

title Booting using the external command NTBOOT WIM/VHD (Option 1)
find /efi/grub/ext/ntboot | set bd=
find --set-root /boot/imgs/winpe.wim
%bd%/efi/grub/ext/ntboot /boot/imgs/winpe.wim
boot

title Boot WIM/VHD using external command NTBOOT (Method 2)
find /boot/imgs/winpe.vhd | set bd=
/efi/grub/ext/ntboot %bd%/boot/imgs/winpe.vhd winload=/Windows/System32/boot/winload.efi minint=1
boot

title Boot Windows System using external command NTBOOT
/efi/grub/ext/ntboot (hdx,y)/win
boot

title Network boot ISO or IMG image via HTTP
map (http)/imgs/pe.iso (cd)
chainloader (cd-1)
boot

title Network boot WIM image via HTTP and external command NTBOOT
/efi/grub/ext/ntboot (http)/imgs/pe.wim
boot

title Command Line
commandline

title Exit grub4dos
exit_g4d

title Reboot
reboot

title Shut Down
halt

[msetzerii]

`# This is a sample menu.lst file. You should modify it.
# It must be UTF-8 encoded to support multiple languages.
# The font should be in unifont.hex format. # Set countdown timer (in seconds)
timeout 30

# Set the first entry as the default selection
default 1

# Set character colors (The high 32 bits define the background color; the low 32 bits define the foreground color. Run echo -rrggbb in the command line to view corresponding colors.)
#color normal=0xff9933 highlight=0xffff00 helptext=0xff00ff heading=0x66ff00

# Set graphics mode (Use graphicsmode to detect graphics modes supported by the system)
#graphicsmode -1 800 (Horizontal pixels)

# Load background image
#splashimage /efi/grub/splashimage.jpg || splashimage /boot/grub/splashimage.bmp
# Load Unifont (If using a font other than 16x16, an additional parameter is required—e.g., --font-high=24)
#font /efi/grub/unifont.hex.gz

# Retrieve horizontal pixel count to load different font sizes and background images
#calc *0x834c > nul ;; set a=%@RetVal%
#if %a%>=801 && font --font-high=40 /efi/grub/menu40.hex
#if %a%<=800 && font /efi/grub/unifont.hex.gz && splashimage /efi/grub/lt.jpg

# Check boot environment: if %@UEFI%==64 (0/32/64 = BIOS / UEFI_x86 / UEFI_x64)

# Configure menu box
#setmenu --box x=4 w=60 y=6 h=9 l=2
# Set menu key-binding help text to Chinese
#setmenu --lang=zh
# Enable automatic menu numbering
#setmenu --auto-num-on
# Set custom text string
#setmenu --string=x=y=color="String"
# Display date and time
#setmenu --string=x=y=color="date&time=yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"
# Display countdown timer
#setmenu --timeout=x=y=color

#For more menu editing functions, animations, image menus, etc., please refer to http://bbs.wuyou.net/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=369720&extra=page%3D3

title Boot EFI file
chainloader /efi/boot/grub2x64.efi

title Boot Windows
chainloader /efi/microsoft/boot/bootmgfw.efi

title Boot virtual CD-ROM
find --set-root /cdrom.iso
map /cdrom.iso (0xff)
chainloader (0xff)

title Boot virtual CD-ROM (loaded into memory)
find --set-root /cdrom.iso
map --mem /cdrom.iso (0xff)
chainloader (0xff)

title Boot existing CD-ROM (cd0)

chainloader (cd0)

title Boot virtual hard disk
find --set-root /boot/hdd.img
map /boot/hdd.img (hd)

chainloader (hd-1)

title Boot virtual hard disk (load into memory)

find --set-root /boot/hdd.img

map --mem /boot/hdd.img (hd)

chainloader (hd-1)

title Boot existing hard disk (hd0)

chainloader (hd0)

title Boot other menu

configfile /efi/grub/menu2.lst

title Boot Linux Porteus 5.0 x86_64 openbox

kernel /porteus/vmlinuz copy2ram

initrd /porteus/initrd.xz

# Assuming external commands are located at /efi/grub/ext/

# Assuming WIM/VHD (or boot folder) is located at (hdx,y)/boot/imgs/

# Assuming Windows' winload.efi is located at (hdx,y)

title Boot using external command ntloader WIM/VHD (kernel solution 1)
uuid(hdx,y)
kernel /efi/grub/ext/ntloader uuid=%?% file=/boot/imgs/winpe.wim
initrd /efi/grub/ext/initrd.cpio

title Booting WIM/VHD using the external command ntloader (kernel solution 2)

find --set-root /boot/imgs/winpe.wim

uuid ()

find --set-root /efi/grub/ext/ntloader

kernel /efi/grub/ext/ntloader uuid=%?% file=/boot/imgs/winpe.wim

initrd /efi/grub/ext/initrd.cpio

title Booting WIM/VHD using the external command ntloader (chainloader solution 1)

uuid (hdx,y)

chainloader /efi/grub/ext/ntloader initrd=/efi/grub/ext/initrd.cpio uuid=%?% file=/boot/imgs/winpe.wim

title Booting WIM/VHD using the external command ntloader (chainloader solution 2)

find --set-root /boot/imgs/winpe.wim

uuid ()

find --set-root /efi/grub/ext/ntloader

chainloader /efi/grub/ext/ntloader initrd=/efi/grub/ext/initrd.cpio uuid=%?% file=/boot/imgs/winpe.wim

title Booting Windows using the external command ntloader (kernel solution)

uuid (hdx,y)

kernel /efi/grub/ext/ntloader uuid=%?%

initrd /efi/grub/ext/initrd.cpio

title Booting Windows using the external command ntloader (chainloader solution)

uuid (hdx,y)

chainloader /efi/grub/ext/ntloader initrd=/efi/grub/ext/initrd.cpio uuid=%?%

title Booting using the external command NTBOOT WIM/VHD (Option 1)
find /efi/grub/ext/ntboot | set bd=
find --set-root /boot/imgs/winpe.wim
%bd%/efi/grub/ext/ntboot /boot/imgs/winpe.wim
boot

title Boot WIM/VHD using external command NTBOOT (Method 2)
find /boot/imgs/winpe.vhd | set bd=
/efi/grub/ext/ntboot %bd%/boot/imgs/winpe.vhd winload=/Windows/System32/boot/winload.efi minint=1
boot

title Boot Windows System using external command NTBOOT
/efi/grub/ext/ntboot (hdx,y)/win
boot

title Network boot ISO or IMG image via HTTP
map (http)/imgs/pe.iso (cd)
chainloader (cd-1)
boot

title Network boot WIM image via HTTP and external command NTBOOT
/efi/grub/ext/ntboot (http)/imgs/pe.wim
boot

title Command Line
commandline

title Exit grub4dos
exit_g4d

title Reboot
reboot

title Shut Down
halt`

[msetzerii]

Can update page in google chrome, and use the translate option

[msetzerii]

Don't know chinese, so don't know if the translation is 100% or what? Also, posting had the # do coding.
Tried pasting as code, but did the same, so have to manually edit and change the #'s "#" to "#"

[dreirund]

Translation with the help of a web service I have done, see the patch I linked in my original post. I would like that the file in this repo is in English (also), so that no translation is needed anymore and so that I do not have to adapt my patch every time something changes here.

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On Sat, 16 May 2026 22:23:29 -0700, msetzerii ***@***.***> wrote: msetzerii left a comment (chenall/grub4dos#460) copied it to translate.google.com. # This is a sample menu.lst file. You should modify it. # It must be UTF-8 encoded to support multiple languages. # The font should be in unifont.hex format. # Set countdown timer (in seconds) timeout 30 # Set the first entry as the default selection default 1 # Set character colors (The high 32 bits define the background color; the low 32 bits define the foreground color. Run `echo -rrggbb` in the command line to view corresponding colors.) #color normal=0xff9933 highlight=0xffff00 helptext=0xff00ff heading=0x66ff00 # Set graphics mode (Use `graphicsmode` to detect graphics modes supported by the system) #graphicsmode -1 800 (Horizontal pixels) # Load background image #splashimage /efi/grub/splashimage.jpg || splashimage /boot/grub/splashimage.bmp # Load Unifont (If using a font other than 16x16, an additional parameter is required—e.g., --font-high=24) #font /efi/grub/unifont.hex.gz # Retrieve horizontal pixel count to load different font sizes and background images #calc *0x834c > nul ;; set ***@***.***% #if %a%>=801 && font --font-high=40 /efi/grub/menu40.hex #if %a%<=800 && font /efi/grub/unifont.hex.gz && splashimage /efi/grub/lt.jpg # Check boot environment: if ***@***.***%==64 (0/32/64 = BIOS / UEFI_x86 / UEFI_x64) # Configure menu box #setmenu --box x=4 w=60 y=6 h=9 l=2 # Set menu key-binding help text to Chinese #setmenu --lang=zh # Enable automatic menu numbering #setmenu --auto-num-on # Set custom text string #setmenu --string=x=y=color="String" # Display date and time #setmenu --string=x=y=color="date&time=yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss" # Display countdown timer #setmenu --timeout=x=y=color #For more menu editing functions, animations, image menus, etc., please refer to http://bbs.wuyou.net/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=369720&extra=page%3D3 title Boot EFI file chainloader /efi/boot/grub2x64.efi title Boot Windows chainloader /efi/microsoft/boot/bootmgfw.efi title Boot virtual CD-ROM find --set-root /cdrom.iso map /cdrom.iso (0xff) chainloader (0xff) title Boot virtual CD-ROM (loaded into memory) find --set-root /cdrom.iso map --mem /cdrom.iso (0xff) chainloader (0xff) title Boot existing CD-ROM (cd0) chainloader (cd0) title Boot virtual hard disk find --set-root /boot/hdd.img map /boot/hdd.img (hd) chainloader (hd-1) title Boot virtual hard disk (load into memory) find --set-root /boot/hdd.img map --mem /boot/hdd.img (hd) chainloader (hd-1) title Boot existing hard disk (hd0) chainloader (hd0) title Boot other menu configfile /efi/grub/menu2.lst title Boot Linux Porteus 5.0 x86_64 openbox kernel /porteus/vmlinuz copy2ram initrd /porteus/initrd.xz # Assuming external commands are located at /efi/grub/ext/ # Assuming WIM/VHD (or boot folder) is located at (hdx,y)/boot/imgs/ # Assuming Windows' winload.efi is located at (hdx,y) title Boot using external command ntloader WIM/VHD (kernel solution 1) uuid(hdx,y) kernel /efi/grub/ext/ntloader uuid=%?% file=/boot/imgs/winpe.wim initrd /efi/grub/ext/initrd.cpio title Booting WIM/VHD using the external command ntloader (kernel solution 2) find --set-root /boot/imgs/winpe.wim uuid () find --set-root /efi/grub/ext/ntloader kernel /efi/grub/ext/ntloader uuid=%?% file=/boot/imgs/winpe.wim initrd /efi/grub/ext/initrd.cpio title Booting WIM/VHD using the external command ntloader (chainloader solution 1) uuid (hdx,y) chainloader /efi/grub/ext/ntloader initrd=/efi/grub/ext/initrd.cpio uuid=%?% file=/boot/imgs/winpe.wim title Booting WIM/VHD using the external command ntloader (chainloader solution 2) find --set-root /boot/imgs/winpe.wim uuid () find --set-root /efi/grub/ext/ntloader chainloader /efi/grub/ext/ntloader initrd=/efi/grub/ext/initrd.cpio uuid=%?% file=/boot/imgs/winpe.wim title Booting Windows using the external command ntloader (kernel solution) uuid (hdx,y) kernel /efi/grub/ext/ntloader uuid=%?% initrd /efi/grub/ext/initrd.cpio title Booting Windows using the external command ntloader (chainloader solution) uuid (hdx,y) chainloader /efi/grub/ext/ntloader initrd=/efi/grub/ext/initrd.cpio uuid=%?% title Booting using the external command NTBOOT WIM/VHD (Option 1) find /efi/grub/ext/ntboot | set bd= find --set-root /boot/imgs/winpe.wim %bd%/efi/grub/ext/ntboot /boot/imgs/winpe.wim boot title Boot WIM/VHD using external command NTBOOT (Method 2) find /boot/imgs/winpe.vhd | set bd= /efi/grub/ext/ntboot %bd%/boot/imgs/winpe.vhd winload=/Windows/System32/boot/winload.efi minint=1 boot title Boot Windows System using external command NTBOOT /efi/grub/ext/ntboot (hdx,y)/win boot title Network boot ISO or IMG image via HTTP map (http)/imgs/pe.iso (cd) chainloader (cd-1) boot title Network boot WIM image via HTTP and external command NTBOOT /efi/grub/ext/ntboot (http)/imgs/pe.wim boot title Command Line commandline title Exit grub4dos exit_g4d title Reboot reboot title Shut Down halt