GRUB loader

[DJHazLe]

Hi all,

I have a dualboot system now (Kubuntu and Windows XP). When my system boots up, i get the boot loader screen to choose which OS i want to load. But is there a way to change the text displayed? Because i had windows xp home installed in the beginning and installed xp professional afterwards. But in the loader still "Windows XP Home Edition" is displayed. I also have 4 kubuntu startups in the list (2 times the normal one , and 2 times the recovery mode). These are identical so i normally can remove one pair i think . Can anyone tell me how to edit that GRUBscreen?

Thx in advance,

DJHazLe

[Rog131]

Re: GRUB loader

Edit /boot/grub/menu.lst
Remember backup !

Goto to the end of menu.lst. There is:

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/hda1

title Windows XP Home Edition

Or something like that. You can change title.

[sud]

Re: GRUB loader

sorry to ask u a question

I am a newbie and i have a doubt which i hope u can clear
please tell where and how did u install the grub, in mbr or anywhere else
because if we want to remove linux and grub is in mbr then windows might get corrupted if we directly format the linux parttition from windows
or if u have it in / then can grub boot windows at startup.
please reply

sud

[Rog131]

Re: GRUB loader

Hmm - Fixing mbr (removing linux/grub markings from mbr) with windows:

Fixing MBR with Windows (9X to XP): http://www.ntfs.com/mbr-damaged.htm

The simplest way to repair or re-create MBR is to run Microsoft's standard utility called FDISK with a parameter /MBR, like

A:\> FDISK.EXE /MBR

FDISK is a standard utility included in MS-DOS, Windows 95, 98, ME.

If you have Windows NT / 2000 / XP, you can boot from startup floppy disks or CD-ROM, choose repair option during setup, and run Recovery Console. When you are logged on, you can run FIXMBR command to fix MBR.

Fixing mbr with kubuntu/ubuntu (restoring linux markings in the mbr):

HOWTO: Restore GRUB (if your MBR is messed up)
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=24113


Try Alternate install CD:
The alternate install CD allows you to perform certain specialist installations of Kubuntu. It provides for the following situations:

* setting up automated deployments;
* upgrading from older installations without network access;
* LVM and/or RAID partitioning;
* installing GRUB to a location other than the Master Boot Record;
* installs on systems with less than about 192MB of RAM.