I have installed a Linux Format respin of 8.10 on my parents' Acer Travelmate. But I cannot find the Grub editor to change boot sequence(they want Xp to boot by default for now.) The pc is not connected to the internet, as I have yet to make their Broadcom wifi-card work.
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Re: Cannot find grub editor....
The Grub Editor (SystemSettings>Advanced>GrubEditor) is in the package 'kgrubeditor' (I don't think it's installed by default)
It you can't get online ATM, you can edit grub boot default by hand:
1. open menu.lst for editing
2. edit the 'default 0' line for the correct operating system line in grub menu (the numbering starts from 0 and increases by one for every line in the grub boot menu)...so if you have a boot list like this:Code:kdesudo kate /boot/grub/menu.lst
The correct value would be 'default 4'Kubuntu
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Re: Cannot find grub editor....
Look at
Kmenu > System > System Settings > Advanced > GRUB editor
It has lots of features and comes default with the alternate cd (I don't have the desktop cd)
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Re: Cannot find grub editor....
[quote=kubicle ]
The Grub Editor (SystemSettings>Advanced>GrubEditor) is in the package 'kgrubeditor' (I don't think it's installed by default)
It you can't get online ATM, you can edit grub boot default by hand:""
Thanks for helpful advice. In the end I did both the things you propose here. Changed the boot default by hand, and installed grubeditor for later use, by wired connection. Then I reinstalled the XP on the computer, writing over the grub entirely, so it was all pretty wasted. Exept as a learning experience, of course. :-)Comment
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