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I've posted a couple different threads about this same problem but my friend was trying to help me and he suggested that I copy and paste the GRUB menu commands and ask what's wrong with it ; he also mentioned that I ask how I would edit. The GRUB menu commands are as follows :
timeout 15
color cyan/blue white/blue
foreground ffffff
background 0639a1
gfxmenu /boot/grub/message
title SimplyMEPIS Linux at hda2, kernel 2.6.15-26-386
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-26-386 root=/dev/hda2 nomce quiet vga=791
boot
title Microsoft Windows XP Professional at hdb1
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
chainloader +1
title MEMTEST
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
Does anybody see anything wrong and can anyone help me?
{Note : My friend brought up the GRUB menu commands and put them in Kwrite , so I have no idea how he get there or how to edit it}
First, what's the problem? Is it that windows doesn't boot with this config?
If so, change this:
title Microsoft Windows XP Professional at hdb1
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
chainloader +1
to this:
title Microsoft Windows XP Professional at hdb1
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
map (hd1,0) (hd0,0)
map (hd0,0) (hd1,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
windoze wants to be on the first partition of the first drive. it generally refuses to boot unless you tell it a little lie (the map lines).
As for editing /boot/grub/menu.lst, it can be edited by root. So if you are logged in as user, su to root, and use a text editor such as vim or emacs to edit. If you want to use a GUI editor as root, do this:
as user, give the command 'xhost +localhost'.
su to root
start the editor from command line: example: /opt/kde3/bin/kwrite /boot/grub/menu.lst (that's where kwrite executable is in SuSE 9.3. get the location on your system with 'which kwrite').
{Note : My friend brought up the GRUB menu commands and put them in Kwrite , so I have no idea how he get there or how to edit it}
This is one of the biggest problems that can happen to new users. My advice: don't let your friend do stuff on your computer unless you know what he is doing. Make him show you...
The grub config files are in /boot/grub the name is menu.lst or grub.conf
The easy way to edit a config file is to first issue "su" to become root, and then use a SIMPLE cli editor like nano.
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