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Edit dual boot menu - Bakshara - 2009-08-15
How do I edit the dual boot menu?
After, almost each, security update a new Linux option gets added. How do I erase the old ones? I looked under usr/bin for boot, menu, and screen. I could not find any of those directory names.
I also tried going to /boot/grub and found menu. It has a text document icon with an X on it and, to the right, says, "Link to unknown." After double-clicking on it I got:
Could not open the file /boot/grub/menu.lst.
You do not have the permissions necessary to open the file.
Following is the stuff under /boot
/boot/efi
/boot/grub
/boot/lost+found
/boot/config-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.x86_64
/boot/config-2.6.29.6-213.fc11.x86_64
/boot/config-2.6.29.6-217.2.3.fc11.x86_64
/boot/initrd-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.x86_64.img
/boot/initrd-2.6.29.6-213.fc11.x86_64.img
/boot/initrd-2.6.29.6-217.2.3.fc11.x86_64.img
/boot/System.map-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.x86_64
/boot/System.map-2.6.29.6-213.fc11.x86_64
/boot/System.map-2.6.29.6-217.2.3.fc11.x86_64
/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.x86_64
/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.29.6-213.fc11.x86_64
/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.29.6-217.2.3.fc11.x86_64
Edit dual boot menu - Dungeon-Dave - 2009-08-15
Don't double-click on it in a graphical tool - try right-click and look for a "edit" option.
Failing that, try using a tool like "pico" or "nano", which is a text editor.
The file you need is something like grub.conf (or menu.lst) which is usually symlinked to a fail in the /etc directory (although it sounds like you have found it already).
Also, bear in mind that you'll need escalated privs to edit the file - switch to root (or use sudo) first.
Edit dual boot menu - Bakshara - 2009-09-25
Quote:Don't double-click on it in a graphical tool - try right-click and look for a "edit" option.
Failing that, try using a tool like "pico" or "nano", which is a text editor.
The file you need is something like grub.conf (or menu.lst) which is usually symlinked to a fail in the /etc directory (although it sounds like you have found it already).
Also, bear in mind that you'll need escalated privs to edit the file - switch to root (or use sudo) first.
Ok, I finally got around to doing this. "nano menu.lst" is what works. You do have to do it root and it is VERY picky. Highlighting what you want and pressing CTRL-K does not do jack! Each menu item is 3 to 5 lines of text/code. The first is what you see in the boot menu. The following 2 to 4 are the related code. You have to arrow down to the title menu line you want to remove and hit CTRL-K. Then arrow though each following code line and hit CTRL-K for each one of those.
Once you're done with that; Exiting is easy! Hit CTRL-X. It will confirm that you want to exit and save to the same file name. Done!
Thank you all!