Unto Darkness Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 I just installed Ubuntu 8.04 in a separate partition. I was wondering if you guys could give me the modified code for menu.lst to get Windows XP up to first entry. Here is the code in my menu.lst file: title Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic root (hd0,5) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic root=UUID=3b22e178-7c95-401d-bc98-599563495f58 ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic quiet title Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic (recovery mode) root (hd0,5) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic root=UUID=3b22e178-7c95-401d-bc98-599563495f58 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic title Ubuntu 8.04, memtest86+ root (hd0,5) kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin quiet ### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST # This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian # ones. title Other operating systems: root # This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS # on /dev/sda1 title Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition root (hd0,0) savedefault makeactive chainloader +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plarkster Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Just cut the whole of the windows entry and paste it at the top. You'll need to be a Super User. If you want to make it the default OS, there's a good thread here that covers a few options. The easiest thing to do is to go into synaptic and get that grubed app - should make it a breeze to change things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moustacha Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Near the top, default variable Starts from 0, each entry (title) adds by one So change it to 5 and it'll highlight windows by default Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Cuban Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 read this post which i made in the forum https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?show...=671606&hl= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unto Darkness Posted September 27, 2008 Author Share Posted September 27, 2008 Damn, I keep getting this message when I try to save menu.lst You do not have the permissions necessary to save the file. Please check that you typed the location correctly and try again. What am I doing wrong? Also where do I put hiddenmenu so that the menu pops up only when I press ESC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Scaife Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Damn, I keep getting this message when I try to save menu.lstWhat am I doing wrong? Also where do I put hiddenmenu so that the menu pops up only when I press ESC? You need to have root permissions to modify menu.lst. To gain root permissions on the command line, you can use sudo; for example, if you use vim, you would type sudo vim /boot/grub/menu.lst. I don't think the hiddenmenu directive needs to be in any particular place. Try just putting it at (or near) the top of the file and see if that works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plarkster Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Damn, I keep getting this message when I try to save menu.lstWhat am I doing wrong? Also where do I put hiddenmenu so that the menu pops up only when I press ESC? All of this is in the link I posted earlier. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Cuban Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 im assuming you're not using sudo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManyBeers Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Near the top, default variableStarts from 0, each entry (title) adds by one So change it to 5 and it'll highlight windows by default I have the exact same menu list as his,and I changed my 0 to a 4 and it boots perfectly. The count starts at Zero not One. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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