Re: changing default os in grub

2004-12-04 Thread Jason Rennie
On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 09:38:00AM +, john gennard wrote: > The man and info pages do not appear to help (perhaps > because I don't fully understand them). I don't want to > risk making everything unbootable by experimenting, so > can anyone please explain how I can safely put Sarge > back as d

Re: changing default os in grub

2004-12-03 Thread Jim Hall
Clive Menzies wrote: On (02/12/04 20:34), john gennard wrote: Clive Menzies wrote: [snip] Hi John You need to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst with a text editor. I have a rather complex grub set-up (which was an interesting learning experience) on a spare windows machine in our office which has two driv

Re: changing default os in grub

2004-12-02 Thread Clive Menzies
On (02/12/04 20:34), john gennard wrote: > Clive Menzies wrote: > > >>[snip] > > >Hi John > > > >You need to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst with a text editor. I have a > >rather complex grub set-up (which was an interesting learning > >experience) on a spare windows machine in our office which has tw

Re: changing default os in grub

2004-12-02 Thread john gennard
Clive Menzies wrote: [snip] Hi John You need to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst with a text editor. I have a rather complex grub set-up (which was an interesting learning experience) on a spare windows machine in our office which has two drives /dev/hda and /dev/hdb; hda has windows 98 and hdb has a vf

Re: changing default os in grub

2004-12-02 Thread Clive Menzies
On (02/12/04 09:38), john gennard wrote: > I've been using grub for a little while now, and > its setup as been 'automatic'. > > I run Sarge and also have Sid installed. > > Frequently, I install debian based distros just to > have a look at them. > > Now, I have ubuntu as the default selection