Ubuntu :: Need To Change Permissions For Boot Grub Folder

Aug 12, 2010

This is my 2nd time using my Ubuntu, I am using 9.10 because my laptop doesnt support 10.04 (need more RAM). So anyway I need to know a way to change it so I can edit files in there, I checked the properties and root has read only permissions how can I change this?

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