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    Can't Edit Menu.lst

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by millermagic, Jul 23, 2008.

  1. millermagic

    millermagic Rockin the pinktop

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    I can't figure out what to do with this one. I've tried chmod 7777 and chown to my user but sitll no luck in the terminal or GUI. I really dont want Linux Mint being my default OS choice.
     
    millermagic, Jul 23, 2008
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  2. Lakjin

    Lakjin Notebook Deity

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    Post your error log?
     
    Lakjin, Jul 24, 2008
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    andyasselin Notebook Deity

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    make sure you runing you editor as root open terminal and so

    sudo gedit

    or su root

    then edit the file
     
    andyasselin, Jul 24, 2008
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  4. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Use gksu, more secure.
     
    Thomas, Jul 24, 2008
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  5. nail17

    nail17 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Magic,

    Edit menu.lst with the editor of your choice as the OP's
    suggest, when your done execute;

    sudo update-grub

    You should be good to go, also remember;

    # You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
    # is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
    # WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not change this entry to 'saved' or your
    # array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
    default 0

    That can be 0,1,2,3 etc if'n your not doing the "savedefault"

    Regards, db
     
    nail17, Jul 24, 2008
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  6. jeffsmythe

    jeffsmythe Notebook Geek

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    The other posters have given good advice. But if still not working, check to see if perhaps your boot partition is mounted read-only (or whatever partition holds /boot).

    But yes, typically you would just need to
    $ sudo vi /boot/grub/menu.1st

    or similar.
     
    jeffsmythe, Jul 25, 2008
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