Comments on: Make Grub Bootloader Wait Indefinitely for OS Selection

By: Luis Lumbreras Picazo

Luis Lumbreras Picazo — Tue, 12 May 2009 21:33:06 +0000

First let solve one question asked on forum: Why can not save menu.lst -> you are not editing it as root user.

Now, how can i edit it as root user? Simple put sudo before the command you use to edit it.

I use to open it in a good looking graphical text editor the following command:
sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

Then when you select to save it will let you, because you are editing it as root (that makes sudo …; run commands being root user).

Well, thanks for such option, but how can i put lines that makes nothing, for example just to have on screen:

Ubuntu 9.04 Kernels

By: KAFYEKE Owen

KAFYEKE Owen — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:52:36 +0000

Ahhhh, that’s the tip I was expecting for

Thank you “How to geek”

By: Hariharakumar

Hariharakumar — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 16:58:51 +0000

i opened the menu.lst file in text editor and changed, but i can’t save it, it says “You do not have the permissions necessary to save the file. Please check that you typed the location correctly and try again.”

What should i do now?

By: Steven Seagal

Steven Seagal — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:14:22 +0000

Of course it opened it up in a terminal – it’s vi. You were probably not issuing the right commands – that’s why it wouldn’t let you modify any values. gedit is nice, but won’t work in a terminal-only window.

For a simpler terminal-only editor, try nano:
sudo nano /boot/grub/menu.lst

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 09:54:37 +0000

That command opened it up in terminal for me and I had to scroll down the page with the blinking typing box and it wouldnt let me modify any values. I prefer “sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst”.