Ubuntu :: Could Not Change The Sequence Of Dual Booting From The Grub Menu.lst

Jun 30, 2010

i could not change the sequence of dual booting from the grub menu.lst, due to it shows a blank screen when i put the command in the terminalayan@jayan-desktop:~$ sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst [sudo] password for jayan:

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i have lucid lnyx installed as my main system and added natty on a seperate drive. after installing, the new grub detected lynx & i was able to boot into each without any problem. after doing some tweaking on natty (changed run level), it didn't boot properly so i reverted to the old config via rescue disk. after rebooting, the old grub menu didn't show & it loaded lynx automatically.

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------ update-grub ------
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-31-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-31-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-30-generic

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Code:
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-1-686
root (hd0,0)
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Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010
=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on the same drive in
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=> Syslinux is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
sda1: _________________________________________________________________________
File system: ntfs
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not related to this thread [URL]

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Code:
GNU GRUB version 1.97~beta4
Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic
ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic (recovery mode)
Memory test (memtest86+)
Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)
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GNU BRUB version 1.98-1ubunutu7
Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported.
grub>

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