bootloader config

[david]

On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 20:06, kloschi at subsignal.org wrote:
> On 6 Jan 2005, at 20:09, david wrote:
> 
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Is it possible to re-run the bootloader config utility?
> > And if so what is the command to do so?
> 
> as I'm new to ubuntu also, I don't know if there is a GUI
> to do so. but I'd do the job in commandline.
> 
> the bootloader itself is named grub.
> get more information by typing 'man grub' in your Terminal
> or console.
> 
> just start the grub console by typing 'grub'.
> 
> in the grub environment u can do alot of things but we wanna
> just install grub into mbr:
> 
> first tell grub where the kernels and stuff is. usually your root
> partition (note: grub uses a different numbering scheme: hda1 = hd0,0 
> !!)
> or if you have - your /boot partition.
> 
> grub> root (hd0,0)
> 
> (so, if you don't have a boot partition and your root partition is hda3
> you would name it hd0,2 or if its hdb2 then hd1,1)
> 
> now we install grub into the mbr:
> 
> grub> setup (hd0)
> 
> done that, lets quit the grub console.
> now edit /boot/grub/menu.lst. there are alot of examples in the file.
> other than using lilo, you just have to install grub only once. the
> changes of the menu.lst will be there on next boot.
> 
> 
> hth.
> regards,
> kloschi
> 
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I don't have any problems manually editing menu.lst, I was just (being
lazy) wondering if there's a way of reinitialising the way it auto
detects other distros and adds them. That said, I think I'll go and get
the hang of grub instead.

Thanks anyway.

David