editing grub2

[irisblaze]

Press 'Esc' just after the computer posts and it should bring up the grub menu. From there you can go into Ubuntu to edit grub or choose to edit grub from the grub menu by pressing 'e'.

tried that, grub loads windows before i can press anything, timeout is 0 (how stupid of me)

[sydbat]

tried that, grub loads windows before i can press anything, timeout is 0 (how stupid of me)

Maybe reboot and start hitting 'Esc' right away? Might be fast enough to open grub.

Let us know if that works. If not, I think you can open a terminal in the LiveCD and you have to change the permissions on the grub file before editing it. Try 'sudo' or 'gksudo' when opening the grub file/folder.

[irisblaze]

Maybe reboot and start hitting 'Esc' right away? Might be fast enough to open grub.

Let us know if that works. If not, I think you can open a terminal in the LiveCD and you have to change the permissions on the grub file before editing it. Try 'sudo' or 'gksudo' when opening the grub file/folder.

i also tried both solutions you suggested, grub executes too fast, as for opening the file as root i think i mentioned i tried that before using sudo, it opens it as read only

[drfox]

You have to hit the shift key while booting, right after CMOS loads to get into Grub2
HTH
Larry

[sydbat]

i also tried both solutions you suggested, grub executes too fast, as for opening the file as root i think i mentioned i tried that before using sudo, it opens it as read only

Well...poo...

I know there is a way to reinstall grub via the LiveCD.

Here it is. Try this - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Re...tallingWindows

[Mark Phelps]

I believe that with GRUB2, since in the situation where there is only one OS installed on the machine, it automatically boots into that OS without showing a menu, you hold down the Shift key when booting to force it to show a menu.

Also, make sure you do NOT edit the grub.cfg file; instead, you can install startup-manager if you want a GUI for editing defaults easily.

[irisblaze]

I believe that with GRUB2, since in the situation where there is only one OS installed on the machine, it automatically boots into that OS without showing a menu, you hold down the Shift key when booting to force it to show a menu.

Also, make sure you do NOT edit the grub.cfg file; instead, you can install startup-manager if you want a GUI for editing defaults easily.

of course i have 2 os ubuntu + win7 as i said the grub2 installation is perfect i just want to edit it so it can show ubuntu, i'll try drfox's method then sydbat's

thanx

[sydbat]

of course i have 2 os ubuntu + win7 as i said the grub2 installation is perfect i just want to edit it so it can show ubuntu, i'll try drfox's method then sydbat's

thanx

And don't forget Mark Phelps suggestions too.

[irisblaze]

so now i get the grub command line not menu ? help? i told you i don't want to reinstall grub *sigh* why is it hard to edit a file from live cd?