ben.hamilton.id.au » Grub http://ben.hamilton.id.au what I find interesting in tech and CRM Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:37:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 More GRUB editing http://ben.hamilton.id.au/how-to/more-grub-editing?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-grub-editing http://ben.hamilton.id.au/how-to/more-grub-editing#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:31:13 +0000 Ben Hamilton http://ben.hamilton.id.au/how-to/more-grub-editing Continue reading →]]> Two pages I’ve found useful when playing with GRUB (a Boot loader that allows you to choose between multiple operating systems on boot up) are these: #

It is nice to be able to re-order the menu items, change the length of time the menu stays on screen and change the wording of each entry. #]]> http://ben.hamilton.id.au/how-to/more-grub-editing/feed 2 Editing the GRUB records http://ben.hamilton.id.au/how-to/editing-the-grub-records?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=editing-the-grub-records http://ben.hamilton.id.au/how-to/editing-the-grub-records#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:08:10 +0000 Ben Hamilton http://ben.hamilton.id.au/general/editing-the-grub-records Continue reading →]]> Posted more for my own benefit #

sudo vi /boot/grub/menu.lst #

This runs vi as the superuser, editing the grub menu, which is what controls which OS to boot into. Important for me ’cause the new laptop is now dual booting Ubuntu and MS Vista Ultimate. Just changing the default OS, now it’s Ubuntu 7.10, loving it! #]]> http://ben.hamilton.id.au/how-to/editing-the-grub-records/feed 0