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colorpurple21859 08-23-2009 08:00 PM

should be a menu item called terminal. click on it and in the window type what has been mentioned before. have to know roots password

GlennsPref 08-23-2009 10:59 PM

Quote:

How do I open the editor with root privileges?
open a shell terminal like konsole, xterm or term and type....Icon looks like a monitor-screen
Quote:

sudo vi /boot/grub/menu.lst
replace vi with your favourite editor program name (it must be installed)

If sudo does not work for you, type....
Code:

su (enter root password)
vi /boot/grub/menu.lst

cheers Glenn

Kroutt 08-24-2009 07:55 AM

OK, I don't think I will get any more help here.
I give up. I just want to restore my system to the point it was before I install Linux and I promice I will never touch Linux again.
Edited:
Sorry, I wrote it before I read the two last posts; I'm getting frastrated!

GlennsPref 08-24-2009 05:43 PM

Good luck!

Your only mistake was installing GNU/Linux with the other(M$-windows) harddrives detached.

All this has done is change the boot order.

If you can still boot window$, all is not lost.

Before you try again, read the install readme, have at least one partition available

and don't change the system specifically for installing GNU/Linux, it really is smarter than winblow$.

Any other questions, just ask.

Glenn


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