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    Trouble Editing GRUB settings

    Hello,

    I am a new Ubuntu user, and I am attempting to set Windows 7 64 bit as my default OS in the boot loader instead of Ubuntu 10.10.

    I have entered the command
    gksudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
    into terminal, and the menu.lst file does open. However, this file appears to be completely blank, which does not seem to make sense and is preventing me from changing the boot order.

    If anyone could be of assistance it would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks.

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    Re: Trouble Editing GRUB settings

    Welcome to UF.
    If you are using 10.10 you will be using grub2. Grub2 does not use menu.lst
    To change the default boot option you should edit the line
    GRUB_DEFAULT=0
    in the file /etc/default/grub
    as explained in the etc/default/grub section of this guide, by drs305

    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1195275

    Then run in the terminal
    Code:
    sudo update-grub
    Last edited by Quackers; January 18th, 2011 at 07:26 AM.
    MacBook Pro 10,1 retina

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    Re: Trouble Editing GRUB settings

    Thank you for your help, it worked. It did take me a little effort to figure out how to edit the file, which I ended up editing in Kate.

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    Re: Trouble Editing GRUB settings

    You're welcome
    You lost me there though, who's Kate?
    Will you mark the thread as solved please, using the Thread Tools near the top of the page.
    MacBook Pro 10,1 retina

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    Re: Trouble Editing GRUB settings

    Basically, when I entered the /etc/default/grub into terminal it just gave me the message:
    access denied
    I searched for more info about Grub2 and found a thread which said that I needed to use an advanced console such as one called Kate to edit the file.

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