How to modify menu.lst

[Karl Larsen]

SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 11:10 -0400, elmo wrote:
>   
>> James Taji wrote:
>>     
>>> On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 7:37 PM, elmo <elmo at ne.rr.com> wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>>  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.
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> This is rather bad advice to recommend making any system files world
>>> writeable. Permissions on system files do not generally need to be
>>> modified, instead one should use sudo before the editing command to
>>> gain root privileges, e.g.:
>>>
>>> sudo nano /boot/grub/menu.lst
>>>
>>> or preferably:
>>>
>>> sudoedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
>>>
>>> If a gui editor is desired then use gksudo, eg.:
>>>
>>> gksudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> I've been doing it the way I posted for quite a while because it worked 
>> and so far haven't had any problem.   However,
>> I'll start doing it the sudo way from now on, just in case.  Thanks.
>> elmo
>>     
>
>
> Hi Elmo, and all others too
> Thanks for your efforts and support !
> Well. my problem isn't how and with what to edit !!
>
> My problem, as newbie, is more lacking of experience in the correct
> content 
> and the respective parameters an its functions inside menu.lst !!!
>
> It's nothing very important and I am able to get along easily without
> modifications. ;-D
>
> My intention is more to learn how to get either this or that, 
> especially with one system I do have and the other system doesn't.
> So I hope / wish to get both systems working alike !! ;-))
>
> Without knowing and foreseeing the results I am not risking
> anything ! ;-D
>
> Cheers, svobi
>
>
>   
    Everyone is missing the best advice. Before you change menu.lst make 
a copy of the current one! Then if it is a problem you can get to here 
again.


Karl


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