Boot Loader

**Hotwheelz** · 08-14-2003

I have a quick question concerning the boot loader (currently GRUB) that I have on my system. It is dual booting RedHat 9 and WinXP. At one point I upgraded the kernel, so it now lists the old kernel, new kernel and DOS. How can I get rid of the old kernel listing?

And another question. From what I can gather, Grub isnt the best boot loader out there. Is there a chance that I can switch?

**jasonlambert** · 08-14-2003

to remove the old listing, edit /etc/grub.conf, it should just be a case of commenting stuff out. If you need help, post the whole file and i will do the mod's for you. (try and do it yourself first).

I've never seen anyone switch from grub to lilo before, nor done it myself, so i can't really answer that one im afraid.

Jason

**big_k105** · 08-15-2003

inside that grub.conf you can also rename what it calls the different os. like on mine i ahve it call the dos one Windows XP jst cause thats the way i want it to be.

**Hotwheelz** · 08-15-2003

Alright, thanks guys. I will try and get over there to see if I can fix that.

I just bought Madden 2004, so its really affecting the time that I put in Linux lately

**Hotwheelz** · 08-15-2003

Well I am over in RedHat, but I cant get this to open. It says I dont have permission. When I logged in I had to give my password, so now I have the key in the corner, and when I double click it it says I have authorization for the system or something. But, how do I get permission to open that file?

**jasonlambert** · 08-15-2003

Originally Posted by Hotwheelz

Well I am over in RedHat, but I cant get this to open. It says I dont have permission. When I logged in I had to give my password, so now I have the key in the corner, and when I double click it it says I have authorization for the system or something. But, how do I get permission to open that file?

you mean grub.conf?

open a terminal, "su", then use an editor like vi, vim, pico or emacs to edit the file.

Jason

**Hotwheelz** · 08-15-2003

Alright. I tried opening it up with emacs but nothing happened. I dont see the other editors that you listed anywhere in there. If you could be so kind as to give me step by step instructions, I would greatly appreciate it

**CopperTop** · 08-15-2003

After you su to root and provide the root password, run the following:

Code:

vim /etc/grub.conf

**Hotwheelz** · 08-16-2003

Thanks, that brought it up just fine. Although, it wouldnt let me delete or add anything. Right now I have some other things going on so I cant go and mess with it. But I will later and see what I can come up with

**flw** · 08-16-2003

If you look at the cmd line tutorial in the reference/tutorial section it has the basic cmd's for vi and emacs. Just look in the Reference/tutorial forum here.

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