Customizing the OS Menu

[bilal_jan]

hello everyone
i have installed opensuse10.3 on my system and after some times i installed ubuntu 8.10 on my system from Windows(i just double click ubuntu 8.10 setup and ubuntu 8.10 takes care of the rest of installation.)
now when i start my PC i was displayed a menu from wh i have to choose either Windows or Opensuse.
when i select windows again i was shown a menu in wh i have to choose either windows or ubuntu
i want to make only one menu in wh i was shown all three OS installed...!!!
thanks

[devils casper]

You have to edit menu.lst file of OpenSuSe and add the title blocks for Ubuntu and Windows OS.

Boot up Ubuntu and open /boot/grub/menu.lst file. Copy first title block ( title, root, kernel and initrd lines ) and paste in SuSe's /boot/grub/menu.lst file. Do the same for Windows XP title block.

In case you have any confusion, post the contents of /boot/grub/menu.lst file here.

[bilal_jan]

hay thanks casper for such a quick reply ... if u can read this please just give me a buzz on bilal_uettaxila@yahoo.com ... i wanna talk to u

[bilal_jan]

i installed Ubuntu 8.10 inside windows in my f: drive
secondly i did wt u said i pasted the contents of my ubunut 8.10 /grub/boot/menu.lst in opensuse10.3 /grub/boot/menu.lst but i am getting the error

root (dh0,6)/ubuntu/disks
filesystem type is fat
partition type 0xb
Error 15: file not found
press any key to continue

here is what i have in /boot/grub/menu.lst of my ubuntu 8.10

title Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic
root (hd0,6)/ubuntu/disks
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic root=UUID=D870-BC7C loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic

title Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,6)/ubuntu/disks
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic root=UUID=D870-BC7C loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic

title Ubuntu 8.04, memtest86+
root (hd0,6)/ubuntu/disks
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title Other operating systems:
root


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
chainloader +1


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda9.
title openSUSE 10.3 (on /dev/sda9)
root (hd0,
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-31-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_Hitachi_HDS7216_PVF704ZDSNL32N-part9 vga=0x314 devfs=mount,dall resume=/dev/sda8 splash=silent showopts
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.5-31-default
savedefault
boot


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda9.
title Failsafe -- openSUSE 10.3 (on /dev/sda9)
root (hd0,
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-31-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_Hitachi_HDS7216_PVF704ZDSNL32N-part9 vga=normal showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 edd=off 3
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.5-31-default
savedefault
boot

i just copied the first one(in bold) and pasted into /boot/grub/menu.lst of opensuse10.3