[SOLVED] Can't find menu.lst in 9.10

[Dougal]

I presume someone knows where the grub or menu.lst file is to edit. I tried to gedit grub.cfg using sudo and was told I don't have permission. What's going on?
I also installed EnvyNG to effect installing the proper ATI driver and I get the window showing with the option to choose the ATI driver (which looks like a very recent one) but, when I try to enable it the next messagebox that shows progress just sits there at 0%. I tried to install the driver through System/Admin.../Hardware Drivers but, again I got no progress. Does anyone know if there is a problem with repositories. I managed a system update without problem.

We are all expecting so much from this release in competition with Windeez 7 but, it is not happening straight off. Such a disappointment.

Cheers...

[peteh]

Ubuntu now uses Grub2.
You can read about it here.

[glennzo]

There is no menu.lst in 9.10. Grub2 has replaced earlier version of grub. Everything has changed regarding editing the boot menu. Here's a link about Grub2, https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2

[Dougal]

Well folks I think the new method for editing the boot menu stinks. I have had a look at editing it and can't follow it straight off. So for me this is a big thumbs down. We need things to be simple and straightforward to be able to ward off 'other' operating systems else upgrades are a waste of time - in my humble opinion...

[devils casper]

I agree with you. Using GRUB2 is like reinventing the wheel but it has a lot of useful features too. When you get familier with GRUB2, you will love it.

[D-cat]

Maybe someone will get sick of this new format enough to write a more "user friendly" front end to it. ?

[glennzo]

I'm working on learning the in's and out's of grub2. Made some progress but I've noticed that on systems that dual boot every time there is a kernel update I need to boot Ubuntu to update grub so it knows about it. That's a pain.

[elija]

Well folks I think the new method for editing the boot menu stinks. I have had a look at editing it and can't follow it straight off. So for me this is a big thumbs down. We need things to be simple and straightforward to be able to ward off 'other' operating systems else upgrades are a waste of time - in my humble opinion...

I'm not keen on Grub 2 either. The menu.lst was simple and intuitive although it could just be unfamiliarity causing the negative feelings. I don't like things that suddenly mean I know less and lets be honest, in terms of understanding the Universe there isn't much difference between me and my chair.

Anything that narrows gap even further is disconcerting!

[glennzo]

Like most I'd rather stick with something I'm familiar with but I think grub2 is going to be the standard whether we like it or not. I've spent some time over the last few days trying to learn about it and have made progress. I've learned how to control the simple things, mostly the basic stuff like changing the default timeout, the default OS to boot if the timer counts down, I've set up a nice splash screen and can change that at will. I have a desktop toy that boots 6 or 7 distros. They all work. No errors. I've figured out the menu colors. I had an issue with the desktop box where grub took literally 40 seconds to figure out what it was doing before it would even present a menu. Fixed that. I've removed some entries that I didn't want in the menu. There's more to learn and it's going to take some time. In the end, we'll all be as expert with grub2 as we are with the current grub 0.97.

[Dougal]

It seems I'm not the only one that would have preferred no change. I understand the need for change but, it could be a lot simpler to alter the boot entries, etc. Why can't we have an options list like we have for programs where we simply choose what we want? It seems to make sense to me. I would love to create something like this as it would be one over on the other big names in the business but, I don't know how. Does anyone know where I can find out how to make boot files? I might be getting in over my head but, I am willing to test the water.