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Distribution: Xubuntu Dapper - Debian Etch - Puppy Linux
Posts: 136
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Right way to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst ?
Hello,
I have been busy writing stuff about a few debian-based distros and Linux in general for newbies, and now I have this question:
Is it all right to edit boot/grub/menu.lst in this way? I needed to have WindowsXp boot first and appear first on the menu at boot time (I installed Ubuntu on a laptop which is shared among several people and on which WindozeXP was pre-installed).
I simply cut the lines referring to WinXp and added by clever Ubuntu, and pasted them just above those eferrinfg to Ubuntu, and I adapted the title. Here's part of the edited file:
## ## End Default Options ##
title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1
# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title Other operating system: Linux Ubuntu
I believe I edited menu.lst the same way and there was no change when I rebooted. What is the problem? I went to the terminal and entered sudo getit /boot/grub/menu.lst and then my password.
Jim
I used this method with of course dates are different on my system.
## ## End Default Options ##
title Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1
# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title Other operating system: Linux Ubuntu
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no change when I edited menu.lst
