On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:21:59 +0530 Pallav Jain <b330bkn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ## password ['--md5'] passwd > # If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all > # interactive editing > # control (menu entry editor and command-line) > # and entries protected by the > # command 'lock' > > which was not there in the case of my menu.lst file, even though > should i go? people say abt its EOL, but solving the problem is good > even though it has not reached EOL. Yes, go for it. Tim gave you good instructions. And the procedure will probably work on any future install you do as well (for grub1), so you are learning something useful. It might be helpful for you to read info (or pinfo if you have it installed) for grub. Pinfo is dumber but easier than info (unless you are emacs familiar). info grub pinfo grub While you are experimenting, you might want to leave a stanza in menu.lst that will boot without protection so you can recover from mistakes. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines