On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 12:41 -0600, Mike Klinke wrote: > On Monday 10 January 2005 12:04, John Aldrich wrote: > > Is there a nice GUI or something to help me make sure I don't > > screw up my grub.conf? I'm trying to make my mouse work better > > with my KVM and have edited the grub.conf to add the > > "psmouse.proto=imps" to the end of the kernel line, and have > > saved it, but I don't know how to properly write it to the > > system. I know if it were LILO, I'd just run "/sbin/lilo" as root > > and it would be updated, however, just running "/sbin/grub" asks > > for more options, that I haven't got a clue about! > > Thanks > > John > > If you simply want to try different options without changing the > files, press the letter "e" at the grub display when booting up > before it times out. Navigate to the kernel line and press the "e" > key again. Now add whatever you want to test to the line and then > press "b" which will cause you to boot with that new line. This > line will only be in effect for the duration of that session and > this way, you've not made any changes to the system configuration > so it will revert back to the previous line next time you boot. > just a note of interest on this. "a" does the same thing, but it only modifies the kernel line, and when done with editing the <enter> key will boot with those changes. To me, shorter, easier, and less chance of modifying something else. > Regards, Mike Klinke >
