How to replace the BIOS logo picture in VirtualBox

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Every time you boot VirtualBox there is the same image for all the vm's:
default-bios.jpg

or the empty dark screen if you are using an OSE build as I do:
ose-bios.png

It is possible to use a custom image of your choice for each vm.

According to the user manual the image has to be a 8bit (256 color) BMP.

The size is not specified but to be safe will use the default 640x480 resolution.

The steps are easy to follow:
As an example here we'll use a Win8 RP VM:
main.png
The machine has to be powered off in order to apply some changes.

Choose a nice image to use.
An example image already converted to 256 colors is this:
w8vmlogo.gif
For the small size online is this a GIF. Save it to 256 color BMP in Paint.

We browse to the Virtual Machines folder (usually in the user home folder):
vmFolder.png
We copy our chosen bmp picture preferably here in the VM folder.

We open the .vbox settings file with a good text editor (like Notepad++) and add or replace the <Logo> line (line 50 in picture below) in the BIOS section with this:
logoPath.png
You have to change the imagePath="" with the path to your VM folder and picture name
Save the vbox settings and start your VM:
newBios.png

It looks better now.

The rest of the VM works normally since we didn't modified anyting else except the startup bios image.
ending.png

That's all folks!

Thanks for reading

Hopachi
 

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