Re: [opensuse] How to edit Grub in openSUSE 10.2?

On Sunday 29 April 2007 20:56, David Gregg wrote:
Basically I have a dual boot with XP Pro and openSUSE 10.2 and I'd
like to change the default boot options, but I don't know what
commands to use in terminal to edit it. I already know about sudo and
that the file is /boot/grub/menu.lst but both gedit and kate do not
seem to work... maybe I just have my syntax off... gedit reports
bad/unknown command and kate can't connect t x server...

Any help is appreciated.
        hi David,

        First, the /boot/grub/menu.lst file is privileged... so you'll have to
edit it as root,  or sudo.

        Second, a text editor like "joe" is probably your best bet if you're
not used to using "vi" or emacs, whatever. But the thing to remember is to
make of copy of the file first...

        cp menu.lst menu.lst.bak

        Take your time... its just a text file... and the good news is that if
you mess it up, you will have a chance at bootup to fix it should things not
work.

        Check out "joe" and practice using it with a test file first... then
go for it.





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