How to modify menu.lst

[elmo]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux wrote:
>
>   
>> Hello Ubuntu experts
>> I would appreciate to get some assistance in modificating the attached
>> menu.lst ! ;-)
>>
>> At system boot it currently shows the 3 Ubuntu entries
>> (normal/recovery/memtest86+) = OK !
>> It also shows the WinXPP entry !
>>
>> I would like to hear / learn how to get the WinXPP entry invisible in
>> the list but
>> available with scrolling down to get it visible !?
>>
>> What do I need to change ?
>>     
>
> Add a lot of blank lines?  I don't think it's possible to make them just
> invisible.
>   
>> Another more cosmetic question:
>>
>> The 3 Ubuntu entries are listed in 3 lines and
>> after "Other operating systems:
>> it shows the line with WinXPP !!!
>>
>> How can i get it looking like following:
>>
>> visible               Ubuntu 8.04 DT, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic
>> visible               Ubuntu 8.04 DT, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic (recovery mode)
>> visible               Ubuntu 8.04 DT, memtest86+
>> invisible     -----------------------------------------
>> invisible     Other operating systems:
>> invisible     M$ WinXP PRO SP3
>>     
>
> I must be missing something, because that looks like the same question.  I
> guess all those exclamations after WinXPP must be significant...
>   
It's difficult to figure out exactly what you are trying to do but this 
might help:

If the changes you want to make are to be accepted by menu.lst, you 
should prepare menu.lst before starting to make these changes     Use a 
terminal and type in;    chmod go+rw /boot/grub/menu.ls,   Thereafter, 
any changes you make in menu.lst will be accepted on a save command. 

Notice that most of the lines in menu.lst start with # and the effective 
systems lines do not start with #.

You can prevent any line from appearing on the bootup menu or performing 
its function by preceding it with a  #.

If you want things to appear in a certain order on the bootup menu, you 
can use an editor to move items around in /boot/grub/menu.lst

For example, I wanted Windows XP to be at the top of the bootup menu so 
I moved its entire entry of XP to be the first entry. (Actually, I 
copied it in a space before the first UBUNTU entry, then I went to the 
original location of XP and preceded each  line
with a # instead of deleting the entire original XP.
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After you made your changes, perform a save.    Normally,  the save 
would not be accepted but the  ' chmod go+rw /boot/grub/menu.ls '  you 
did earlier will allow you to do the save, now and in the future.
HTH