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   From: BlackTopBum    
   Subject: Re: Editing menu.lst   
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   Sybren Stuvel, was all like, you know, and said something like...   
   > BlackTopBum enlightened us with:   
   >> The way you have it is read-only. To *write* to a file using nano   
   >> requires the '-w': example: sudo nano -w /boot/grub/menu.lst .   
   >   
   > Read the manual:   
   >   
   >    -w (--nowrap)   
   >           Disable wrapping of long lines.   
   >   
   > It's to prevent line wrapping in configuration files that can't handle   
   wrapped   
   > lines.   
   >   
      
   Well, damn - you're right! I mistakenly *assumed* it meant "write" from   
   my days using Gentoo. My bad ... thanks for correcting me, Sybren.   
      
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