Changing Grub Menu at Bootup

thenebula · 10-20-2003, 08:54 AM

Greetings,

I have loaded RedHat 9 in a dual-boot situation with WinXP.

The menu is very nice for Red Hat but mischieviously identifies Windows XP Pro as...

...DOS!!!! ;-)

Having used every version of DOS from 2.x onwards, it doesn't bother me.

But I want to change it for appearance purposes to something like "Windows XP pseudo-Professional Billy World"

How can I do that. I think the system is called GRUB or somesuch. I have tried pressing the 'e' key etc. but those are load options, not menu modifications.

Thanks!

michaelk · 10-20-2003, 09:05 AM

You will need to edit your /etc/grub.conf file.

Change this line:
title DOS
to
title Windows XP (or whater)

See grub documentation for additional help.

thenebula · 10-21-2003, 08:35 PM

Michael,

Thank YOU!

It now can read: "BillyWorld: Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here..."

:-)

Cheers

snot · 10-25-2003, 03:13 AM

did you find /etc/grub.conf ??
guess not try /boot/grub/grub.conf

lugoteehalt · 10-25-2003, 05:14 AM

Thought it was /boot/grub/menu.lst; or has it changed?

thenebula · 10-25-2003, 06:01 AM

The file was found! I can't remember which one now, but it must have been in the original directory named.

No problems altering the entry.

Appreciate the guidance!

Cheers,

snot · 10-25-2003, 07:21 AM

Quote:

Thought it was /boot/grub/menu.lst; or has it changed?

it depends on the distro,
but menu.lst is also possible