On 10/12/09 09:32, Peter Merchant wrote: > On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 18:50 +0000, Terry Coles wrote: >> On Wednesday 09 Dec 2009, Peter Merchant wrote: >>> >From the LUG meeting last week and the discussion about getting rid of >>> >>> obsolete versions and their partitions, it was suggested that I >>> edit /boot/grub/menu.lst. >>> >>> In Kubuntu 9.1 it looks like the file is grub.lst and the first line is >>> - "You must not edit this file" >>> >>> Dare I? >> >> Well whether you dare or not is up to you, but it's not advisable. >> >> 9.10 uses Grub2 and it's configured in a totally different way. Also, >> there's >> something funny about it if you previously had an earlier version and >> upgraded >> as opposed to a clean installation. >> >> We discussed this some weeks ago, I'll see if I can find the relevant post. >> >> -- >> Terry Coles >> 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux >> >> > I dared. and the consequences were dire. > > I edited grub.cfg and took out a couple of menu selections. > > Rebooted and it wouldn't boot. > > I had to boot from a bootable CD, navigate to the appropriate place, and > replace the edited file with the backup. > > StartupManager won't edit out some of the selections from the grub menu, > so I am still at square 1. >
Ubuntu 9.10 only installs grub2 (v1.9) on new installs. Upgrades stay with grub1 (known as grub legacy, v 0.9). Help on recovering is here :- http://grub.enbug.org/Manual -- -------------------------------------------------------------- Discover Linux - Open Source Solutions to Business and Schools http://discoverlinux.co.uk -------------------------------------------------------------- -- Next meeting: Dorchester, Tuesday 2010-01-05 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
