[HLUG] tim

[Tim]

screen fine atm, im using it now till i can afford my new 19"tft but 
must say my games love it!

i'll edit grub when i have a few spare mins
Thanx
Tim

j michaelson wrote:
> hi tim,
>
> has that monitor dried out yet? i hope it's not knackered.
>
> you mentioned that you wanted to change the default boot on your
> machine to windows. the file you need to change is 
> /boot/grub/menu.lst
> the first step is backing up this file in case it all goes
> pear-shaped. open up a terminal and back it up with this command...
>
> sudo cp /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/menu.lst.old
>
> sudo gives you temporary root priviledges and cp is the copy command.
> you can now restore the original file at any time by using this
> command....
>
> sudo cp /boot/grub/menu.lst.old /boot/grub/menu.lst
>
>
> now that you have a backup you can edit the file. my preference would
> be to use vim, a command line editor, but it's not an easy tool to
> use. i've got a few easier suggestions.
>
> 1. bring your pc to the next meeting and one of us can walk you through it.
>
> 2. you could paste the contents of the file into an email and one of
> us could edit it for you and post it back on the board.
>
> 2. you could edit it using the gui. you need root priveleges for this
> and an easy way to do this is to open up the file browser as root from
> the command line, like so...
>
> sudo nautilus
>
>
> hope this helps
>
> john m.
>
> _______________________________________________
> Herefordshire mailing list
> Herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk
> http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/herefordshire
>
>   

-- 
Get Thunderbird! 
<http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates&id=141244&t=177>