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Question #76099 on firefox-3.0 in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.0/+question/76099

    Status: Open => Answered

Tom proposed the following answer:
Hi :)

We are going to have to use either the "Vim" text-editor or "Nano".
I've just had a quick look at both and prefer "Nano" at the moment.
It's already installed on your system.  It runs completely on the
command-line (which is why we need to use it).  Notice that the bottom 2
lines gives a quick list of useful commands - where these have ^ at the
front it's used to indicate pressing and holding the Ctrl key on the
bottom left or right of your keyboard and then pressing the key that
follows the ^ briefly so that you are pressinng both keys
simultaneously, at the same time.  Note the ^ key does nothing on its
own, it's only when you press another key that it has an effect.  Also
direction keys near the number pad but above the arrow keys are useful
for navigating around the file that's open in nano, particularly "Page
Up" and "Page Down".  Lets practice with a file we are already familiar
with while booted into Ubuntu normally.

Open a terminal as normal but maximise it so it fills the screen but
still shows the taskbars at the top & bottom.  Now type

sudo nano /boot/grub/menu.lst

and keep using page-down and navigate around to find the "Windows Xp"
section.  Just underneath the title section is a line which probably
reads "root (hd0,4)" and we need to change this to

root (hd0,5)

and then save the file.  Use the usual gedit command to have a look at menu.lst to make sure the change has been saved.
Good luck with this
Regards from
Tom :)

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