On (24/06/03 01:20), Kevin McKinley wrote: > > On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 23:04:47 +0100 > Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > When I did this, it took the values and reset them to to the default > > values. So having gone around in circles more than once, I tried just > > booting without update grub and it worked fine. Is there a flag in > > menu.lst that stops it resetting? > > I'm not aware of a flag to reset to defaults. > > Did you delete any of the lines in menu.lst, or did you just edit them for > your post? No I'm sure that I didn't delete anything. I was aware that I shouldn't do anything other than edit the drive designations.
> > Excerpt from /sbin/update-grub: > > ># Magic markers we use > >start="### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST" > >end="### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST" > > > >startopt="## ## Start Default Options ##" > >endopt="## ## End Default Options ##" > > I'm guessing you removed one or more of the "magic markers", so update-grub > restored the defaults. > > I don't try to trim the file, I just edit the lines beginning with only one > hash and leave the rest alone. The two PC's in question are used by my partner and sons (I'm on a G4 using yaboot) - so I am reluctant to go and muck about with the set-up which is working fine - I have a history of turning a drama into a crisis;) However, I would like to try this again. I'll have to wait until I get the opportunity to convert some other windows PC to Debian.... although one of the server's on our network is non-critical (currently booting from LILO), so I guess I could experiment with that ;) Not a high priority at present but maybe soon ... Thanks for your help Clive -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
