Some time has passed (and a few updates), and I wanted to
edit the file that shows grub during bootup. I tried to again
follow the advice in your email about editing the /etc/gub.conf
file. It worked the first time you emailed me, but now I cannot
edit the file. There appears a lock over the icon; and when I try
to open the file, the following appears:
You do not have enough permissions to read file:///etc/grub.conf
I don't know what changed. Do you know what I could do to be able to edit this file?
Larry
You do not have enough permissions to read file:///etc/grub.conf
I don't know what changed. Do you know what I could do to be able to edit this file?
Larry
Edit a file called /etc/grub.conf. (If you don't know how to edit this
file as root, let me know.) The two lines you're looking for are
"timeout=2" which you should change to the number of seconds you want it
to wait, and another line which starts "title Other" or something along
those lines, which you can change to "title Windows XP".
> 10. After installations of new kernals, how do I have only the most
> recent show in the boot-up menu?
Again in /etc/grub.conf, just remove the lines for the kernels you don't
want to show up. If you're not sure which lines are which, post the
contents of grub.conf here and we'll help you out.
> 11. how do I have Windows XP the default operating system, not Fedora Core?
Again in /etc/grub.conf, the "default" line selects which operating system
boots by default. (It starts at 0, so 0 means the first one listed, 1
means the second one listed, etc.)
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