On 2/16/06, Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 2006-02-16 at 15:26 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > I am trying to fix the grub config file so that I can boot another OS > > on this machine. I need to play with the (1,3) part- but it is a pain > > to boot the system just to change this one file and then to power down > > again to test it. Is there not a simple text editor in Grub? > > > > Dotan Cohen > > http://technology-sleuth.com/long_answer/what_is_hdtv.html > > > > 2 > > > > Certainly you can do command line editing with grub during boot ( the > 'e' key ). > However, those edits are only in memory and only during that boot. Grub > cannot write to a filesystem that is not even mounted yet. > > To make changes permanent you need to actually edit the text file > grub.conf and save those changes when the system is running. > > Also, How are you going to test your saved changes if you do not reboot > and let grub read and use the changed configuration? > In that case, how can I tell it to boot from hdb8, and if that doesn't work to boot form hdb7, etc... In grub-speak that's (1,8) , (1,7) , etc... Dotan Cohen http://technology-sleuth.com/long_answer/what_is_a_cellphone.html
