Re: [newbie] GRUB Question

2001-06-15 Thread Lalit Wadhwa
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[newbie] GRUB Question

2001-06-15 Thread Alok
Help a newbie with GRUB PLEASE!So heres the low-down. I have a dual boot system with Windows ME, Windows2000, and Linux Mandrake. What happens is that when I turn on my computergrub pops up and then gives me the option to go to windows or linux. If Ichoose linux it takes me to Linux. If

Re: [newbie] GRUB Question

2001-03-09 Thread -
How does this relate to the subject, 'GRUB'? Apparently, you have Mandrake 7.2 running so the subject isn't 'GRUB'; it's "drive access from a working LM7.2". That aside, ---Most likely, with two hard drives, if you have Windows, it's on hda1 and LM7.2 is on a second HD alhough it could just as

[newbie] GRUB Question

2001-03-04 Thread Aaron Benedict
I have to reformat the WindowsME drive in my computer so I can reinstall WinME (yet again!) for my wife. My question is the following, will my reinstalling of WInME mess up the link that was made bby GRUB when I installed ML on my second hard drive? Aaron -- Aaron Benedict [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [newbie] GRUB Question

2001-03-04 Thread Glenn Johnson
Aaron, I re-install Windows all the time. I currently boot Win98/Win2000/LM7.1. What I do is make sure I have a current Linux boot disk that WORKS. Then, after I do what I want with Windows I boot Linux with the floppy, and as root issue /sbin/lilo. This will write LILO to the MBR and you will be

Re: [newbie] GRUB Question

2001-03-04 Thread Carl Foley
i had to reinstall win-95 on my second hard drive and it wiped out my lilo boot, so now i have to boot with a floppy. From: Aaron Benedict [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] GRUB Question Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 11:02:42 -0500 I have

Re: [newbie] GRUB Question

2001-03-04 Thread Steelhead
- Original Message - From: Carl Foley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 3:10 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] GRUB Question i had to reinstall win-95 on my second hard drive and it wiped out my lilo boot, so now i have to boot with a floppy. From: Aaron Benedict

Re: [newbie] Grub Question

2001-01-18 Thread Philomena
Its just a text file - make sure you are root, and use whatever text editor you prefer. Save the file and thats that - your changes will be in effect when you boot. cheers, philomena At 07:11 AM 1/12/2001 -0500, you wrote: I know that this has been covered, because I remember seeing it. So,

[newbie] Grub Question

2001-01-12 Thread Kelly, Christopher
I know that this has been covered, because I remember seeing it. So, please forgive my ignorance. How can I edit the Grub menu after it has been installed? I know that the list resides in /boot/grub/menu.lst. How can I edit that file? Thanks y'all, Chris Kelly --- Boy of Destiny King of

Re: [newbie] Grub Question

2001-01-12 Thread Michael O'Henly
Just become the root user (i.e., do "su", then enter your root password) and open up /boot/grub/menu.lst in an editor -- at the command prompt enter "vi /boot/grub/menu.lst" (replacing "vi" with the name of your favourite editor). On Friday 12 January 2001 04:11, you wrote: I know that this

Re: [newbie] Grub Question

2001-01-12 Thread s
D**n, you should have told him about vi! -s On Friday 12 January 2001 02:25 pm, you wrote: I know that this has been covered, because I remember seeing it. So, please forgive my ignorance. How can I edit the Grub menu after it has been installed? I know that the list resides in

[newbie] Grub question

2001-01-11 Thread Kelly, Christopher
I know that this has been covered, because I remember seeing it. So, please forgive my ignorance. How can I edit the Grub menu after it has been installed? I know that the list resides in /boot/grub/menu.lst. How can I edit that file? Thanks y'all, Chris Kelly --- Boy of Destiny King of

Re: [newbie] Grub question

2001-01-11 Thread Penndragon
Hi Kelly Any of the text editors will do the job, so long as you're signed in as root. If you pay attention to the order of the menu items during boot up (just hit an arrow key to stop the count down if need) you'll find them in the same order in the file which should give you an idea of the

Re: [newbie] Grub question

2000-10-25 Thread Eddie Torres
On Wed, 25 Oct 2000, you wrote: How can I edit the Grub menu selections? I have some that I want to get rid of. Thanks, Chris Kelly Registered Linux user 185775 Under /boot/grub/ there is a menu called menu.1st. That's the one that shows the grub menu at start up. You probably have to

[newbie] Grub question

2000-10-25 Thread Kelly, Christopher
How can I edit the Grub menu selections? I have some that I want to get rid of. Thanks, Chris Kelly Registered Linux user 185775

Re: [newbie] Grub question

2000-10-25 Thread philomena
Hi Chris, I think the file is boot/grub/menu.lst philomena "Kelly, Christopher" wrote: How can I edit the Grub menu selections? I have some that I want to get rid of. Thanks, Chris Kelly Registered Linux user 185775

Re: [newbie] grub question

2000-09-10 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Michael wrote: I'm running a dual boot system, Win 98SE, and Mandrake 7.1 with grub as my boot loader. Now I need to reinstall windows, and I know that it will overwrite the MBR which will kill grub. What do I need to do to be able to reinstall grub afterwords? Mike Mikeafter the

Re: [newbie] grub question

2000-09-10 Thread Michael
Alan Shoemaker wrote: Michael wrote: I'm running a dual boot system, Win 98SE, and Mandrake 7.1 with grub as my boot loader. Now I need to reinstall windows, and I know that it will overwrite the MBR which will kill grub. What do I need to do to be able to reinstall grub afterwords?

Re: [newbie] grub question

2000-09-10 Thread John Rye
Michael wrote: Alan Shoemaker wrote: Michael wrote: I'm running a dual boot system, Win 98SE, and Mandrake 7.1 with grub as my boot loader. Now I need to reinstall windows, and I know that it will overwrite the MBR which will kill grub. What do I need to do to be able to

Re: [newbie] grub question

2000-09-10 Thread Jason Ashman
On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, you wrote: I'm running a dual boot system, Win 98SE, and Mandrake 7.1 with grub as my boot loader. Now I need to reinstall windows, and I know that it will overwrite the MBR which will kill grub. What do I need to do to be able to reinstall grub afterwords? Mike --

Re: [newbie] grub question

2000-09-10 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Michael wrote: Alan Shoemaker wrote: Michael wrote: I'm running a dual boot system, Win 98SE, and Mandrake 7.1 with grub as my boot loader. Now I need to reinstall windows, and I know that it will overwrite the MBR which will kill grub. What do I need to do to be able to

Re: [[newbie] grub question]

2000-09-10 Thread Michael Scottaline
Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm running a dual boot system, Win 98SE, and Mandrake 7.1 with grub as my boot loader. Now I need to reinstall windows, and I know that it will overwrite the MBR which will kill grub. What do I need to do to be able to reinstall grub afterwords? Mike

Re: [newbie] grub question

2000-09-10 Thread Romanator
Michael wrote: I'm running a dual boot system, Win 98SE, and Mandrake 7.1 with grub as my boot loader. Now I need to reinstall windows, and I know that it will overwrite the MBR which will kill grub. What do I need to do to be able to reinstall grub afterwords? Mike Hi Mike, Do you

Re: [[newbie] grub question]

2000-09-10 Thread Michael
Michael Scottaline wrote: Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm running a dual boot system, Win 98SE, and Mandrake 7.1 with grub as my boot loader. Now I need to reinstall windows, and I know that it will overwrite the MBR which will kill grub. What do I need to do to be able to

Re: [newbie] grub question

2000-09-10 Thread Oliver L. Plaine Jr.
On Sun, 10 Sep 2000 19:48:35 +1200, you wrote: The first penguin said: ..linux will not even mount it. So how do I go about making a new boot disk? Mike The second penguin said I may need correction here mkbootdisk (uname) from a console as root --- Sun, 10

Re: [newbie] grub question

2000-09-10 Thread Romanator
"Oliver L. Plaine Jr." wrote: On Sun, 10 Sep 2000 19:48:35 +1200, you wrote: The first penguin said: ..linux will not even mount it. So how do I go about making a new boot disk? Mike The second penguin said I may need correction here mkbootdisk (uname) from a console as

[newbie] grub question

2000-09-09 Thread Michael
I'm running a dual boot system, Win 98SE, and Mandrake 7.1 with grub as my boot loader. Now I need to reinstall windows, and I know that it will overwrite the MBR which will kill grub. What do I need to do to be able to reinstall grub afterwords? Mike