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   From: Malcolm    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: Editing menu.lst   
   Message-ID: <20070218224341.4d1aa137@oscar-sled.homeunix.net>   
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   Zvd=d2t)uHB/O wrote:   
      
   > I want to edit the file menu.lst, which for   
   > some reason needs root privileges to edit.   
   >    
   > I opened the terminal and typed   
   > edit boot/grub/menu.lst preceded   
   > by sudo, gksudo, sudo nano, etc.   
   > and none of them worked.   
   > Can someone tell me the proper   
   > command to edit this file and   
   > save it after editing?   
   Hi   
   You look to have omitted the leading /   
      
   sudo nano /boot/grub/menu.lst   
      
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