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I have a dual boot of WIndows and Mandriva. In the boot menu, there are two instances of Windows listed (Windows and WIndows1). Windows1 is a repeat and I want ...
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  1. 10-26-2005 #1
    jasonray_f
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    Edit the GRUB menu

    I have a dual boot of WIndows and Mandriva. In the boot menu, there are two instances of Windows listed (Windows and WIndows1). Windows1 is a repeat and I want to remove it from the menu. I see there is no menu.ls in the boot/grub directory.

    Where do I edit this menu?
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    Su into root, then bring up nano, a text editor with the filename.
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    su >root password
nano /boot/grub/grub.conf
    Then you can just delete the offending line.
    After you delete the line, hit CTRL + x and say "y" to save your work.
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    Doesn't Mandriva use Lilo? If so, edit /etc/lilo.conf. Don't forget to run Lilo afterwards. As root, type:
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    /sbin/lilo
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    Quote Originally Posted by bryansmith
    Doesn't Mandriva use Lilo? If so, edit /etc/lilo.conf. Don't forget to run Lilo afterwards. As root, type:
    Code:
    /sbin/lilo
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    Up untill LE 2005 it did, GRUB became default after that IIRC.
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