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[koko]

Keith aka Skippy aka Gandalf (has DHS checked all these out yet?)  , you are 
my hero.  Thank you.  All is well now, and my kin will be able to access XP 
to their hearts content, not knowing the near miss with my continued 
experimentation.  Ah hell, its only games and e-mails anyway on their part, 
and I back up their mail....  But I hesitated at following your instructions 
to the letter.  Not to belabour the point, but why would I not have 
maintained consistency with what my own system said [root (hd1,0)] and 
followed yours [root (hd0,0)]?   Did it make any difference or was the 
[title] entry the key to success?    In the end, I did follow your 
instructions and it worked.  So once again, thanks.  



On Saturday 19 July 2003 01:07 am, you wrote:
> On 07/18/03 21:32, koko wrote:
> > Sorry if it seems I'm asking to be spoonfed, but I am fearful of hosing
> > the boot process altogether.  Here are the relevant lines of'menu.lst':
> >
> > #boot=/dev/hda
> > default=0
> > timeout=10
> > splashimage= (hd1,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> > title Red Hat Linux (2.4.7-10)
> >               root (hd1,0)
> >                kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.7-10 ro root=/dev/hdd3 hdc=ide-scsi
> >                 initrd /initrd - 2.4.7-10.img
> >
> > Should that crosshatch be present before the first line (#boot=/dev/hda)
> > ??
>
> i dunno, i'm not a grub user, LILO is still my preference.  i'd say leave
> it as-is for now.
>
> > When you say to edit this file,   where would I put the "appropriate
> > lines" and what is the syntax?
>
> Just add what Keith provided to the bottom of the file, and you should be
> all set, i believe.  as long as you don't remove anything, you can't cause
> any harm.
>
> > On Friday 18 July 2003 11:37 pm, you wrote:
> >>On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 23:29:13 -0400 Kirk Ingvoldstad <koko1 at cox.net>
> >
> > professed:
> >>>OK.  That would be my next question.  How do I fix the grub entry?
> >>
> >>Edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and add the appropriate lines, it's that easy.