dual boot linpus linux and xp

[jundcb]

ok, heres the things that ive tried so far to get the timeout longer

i booted using livecd and then opening a terminal and typed

mkdir linpus
sudo mount -t ext3 /dev/hdc1 linpus
sudo nano linpus/boot/grub/grub.conf

ive tried adding a # before the timeout, as i understand this will disable the timeouts but it still boots after 4 seconds

ive changed the timeout value to 30 and 900 but it still gives me only 4 seconds before booting to linpus

am i doing it right? any other solutions? ty

[Jonathan183]

Try

default 0
timeout 30

eg take out the =

[jundcb]

can i change that inside linpus? as of now i keep using the livecd just to edit it, im hoping i can do it without using livecd

[Jonathan183]

Yes you can ... you either use

sudo nano /boot/grub/grub.conf

or

su
nano /boot/grub/grub.conf

replace nano with other editor like vi if you prefer.

[jundcb]

went to settings, opened a terminal and typed both of those but it tells me command not found

[Jonathan183]

try pressing alt+f2 then type

kdesu kate /boot/grub/grub.conf

if that does not work check the name of any text editor you have installed and use that in place of kate.

[jundcb]

i have a mousepad 0.2.12
it says a text editor for xfce

is that what u were referring?

i tried kate and mousepad but it dont work

[Jonathan183]

Yes

kdesu mousepad /boot/grub/grub.conf

[jundcb]

press alt+f2 then typed kdesu mousepad /boot/grub/grub.conf it says

command failed to run
failed to execute child process "kdesu" (no such file or directory)

[Jonathan183]

try

gksu mousepad /boot/grub/grub.conf

instead ...