29 Dec
2002
29 Dec
'02
15:44
On Sunday 29 December 2002 15:32, SuSEnixER wrote: <snip>
Might be easier to edit as root, /boot/grub/menu.lst, and just delete the text. That is, if he is using grub, not lilo. I didn't notice the first post.
As the user has installed SuSE 8.1, Grub is the default boot loader. Amending the menu.lst file will not update GRUB boot loader. In this case, the grub-install command should be run. The format used to reset revised parameters is : <command> grub-install --root-directory=/ /dev/hda </command> Assuming /dev/hda is the boot drive. <note> Please check the GRUB documentation for more precise instructions. </note> Using the procedure in the previous message, yast presumably runs the grub-install command.