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   From: Ray    
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   Subject: Re: Editing menu.lst   
   Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:54:10 +0800   
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   ace ??:   
   > 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?   
      
   sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst   
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