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grub2 package

dual boot 2 drives on ubuntu 9.10

Asked by steve davis

just installed Ubuntu 9.10 on master hard drive and want to dual boot to Mepis on slave drive. tried the same method which worked with 8.10, as in

cd /boot/grub
sudo cp menu.lst menu.lst_backup
gksudo gedit menu.lst

when i enter second line, it says-

steve@steve-the-old-bugger:~$ cd /boot/grub
steve@steve-the-old-bugger:/boot/grub$ sudo cp menu.lst menu.lst_backup
[sudo] password for steve:
cp: cannot stat `menu.lst': No such file or directory
steve@steve-the-old-bugger:/boot/grub$

is there another method for 9.10? please keep it simple for me as i still find terminal speak a bit of a mystery.
please help
thanks

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DK (gnireenigne) said : 		#1

check this file

/boot/grub/grub.cfg

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steve davis (stevedavis01) said : 		#2

hi flipflop
tried your suggestion, permission denied??????

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DK (gnireenigne) said : 		#3

you ned to be root to access this file.

use

sudo gedit /boot/grub/grub.cfg

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steve davis (stevedavis01) said : 		#4

tried that too and still cant get in. looking through several other QnA's it seems that even if i get into grub menu, i wont be able to edit to dual boot anyway. Grub 2 menu cant be edited it seems. this seems like a step backwards to me! would the old grub boot 9.10? is there a way to retro install the old version? been using the old grub with 8.10 and 9.04 happily dual booting on 3 computers for some time now with no problems at all, i fail to see the need for a new grub. as the saying goes, if it aint broke, dont fix it.

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> flipflop posted a new comment:
> you ned to be root to access this file.
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> use
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> sudo gedit /boot/grub/grub.cfg
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zvacet (ivicakolic) said : 		#5

You can find how grub2 work on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2

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steve davis (stevedavis01) said : 		#6

thanks zvacet, found the answer on your link to grub 2 help page. to the many of you who dont want this overcomplicated new grub, you can uninstall and reinstall the old favorite. instructions near the bottom of the page in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2
dont worry, as i did when terminal says grub2 not installed, grub-pc* will be removed, this is the offending article. i now have my old friendly grub back and can set up my dual boot without a problem.
many thanks to all who helped me with this.