Unable to restore most-recent Grub

[MikeTbob]

Absolutely,,, thats how you learn my friend, it's a good thing to learn too.

[archp2008]

I get this:

arch@arch-desktop:~$ cp /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/menu.lst.old
cp: cannot create regular file `/boot/grub/menu.lst.old': Permission denied
arch@arch-desktop:~$ sudo cp /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/menu.lst.old
arch@arch-desktop:~$

Does this mean it's copied? I couldn't find it when I searched for it

[archp2008]

I found it when I searched /boot

[MikeTbob]

I found it when I searched /boot

sudo cp /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/menu.lst.old

This should have done it, I always forget to add sudo, sorry about that.
You could try booting up and just copy paste one at a time into your current menu.lst

[archp2008]

I replaced my menu.lst with the menu you gave me. The only thing that worked was Ubuntu. I tried replacing menu.lst with menu.lst.old using sudo commands posted on the Web but can't get my old menu back. Please help. Is my old menu.lst listed on this thread?

[archp2008]

Yes, I got it back by simply typing in the listing on this thread. I'm quite happy with it the way it is. I'll just comment out the Mint entry.

[MikeTbob]

I'm sure if you keep fiddling with it, you'll get it to work.......you could mount the Mint partition and copy the mint /boot/grub/menu.lst to merge with the one you currently use.