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   Subject: Re: Editing menu.lst   
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   Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:53:54 -0800   
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   > Mike Easter wrote:   
   > ace 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?   
   >    
   > User wrote:   
   >> Hadron wrote:   
   >    
   >>> sudo nano /boot/grub/menu.list   
   >>>   
   >>> (note the preceeding forward slash).   
   >    
   >>   sudo nano /boot/grub/menu.list brings up an empty file. Now what do   
   >> I do? What should I type in the empty file? Should I save menu.list   
   >> as an empty file?   
   >    
   > Alan Gregory wrote:   
   >    
   >> You have an extra character in "list" ...   
      
     >> One of the reasons some of us who grew up with GUI for the past 20+   
   >> years absolutely hate commandlines.   
   >>    
   ....and, apparently, Usenet posting conventions.   
      
   w/regard to commandlines and filenames, the 'Tab' key is your friend.   
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