How to modify menu.lst

[Karl Larsen]

SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 08:40 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
>   
>> SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux wrote:
>>     
>>> On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 11:10 -0400, elmo wrote:
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>>>       
>>>> James Taji wrote:
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>>>>         
>>>>> On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 7:37 PM, elmo <elmo at ne.rr.com> wrote:
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>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>>>>  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
>>     
>
> Yes, and of course, I do so and have it, Karl ! ;-)
> Cheers, svobi
>
>
>   
    Good for you Svobi!

Karl


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