On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 21:55 +0100, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi Terry, > > > According to KPackagekit, I have GRUB 2, so I went to /etc/default, > > but there was no file called grub. I went to /boot/grub and added the > > entry to menu.lst and ran the script, but there was no change. So why > > do I have a GRUB 2 installation that uses GRUB 1 settings? > > I'd guess that an upgrade doesn't replace the existing GRUB in the MBR > with a new one, so you've stayed on "Legacy" GRUB, as intended. > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Installation says doing > > grub-install -v > > will display 1.96 or later for GRUB 2. I also think GRUB 2 is the one > that says "Minimum Emacs-like screen editing is supported" when you do > an `e' to edit a boot menu item, but that's just my impression. I'm > still on 8.04. :-) > > Cheers, > Ralph. > > That would be a pre-9.10 edition, presumably there has been more than one upgrade. Simono
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