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[Tom <question76926@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Question #76926 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/76926

Tom proposed the following answer:
Sorry, i forgor to "sudo" that so it wont let you write into the system
folder there.  After entering a sudo command you will be asked for your
normal user password, not your SuperUser/Root one, just the normal one
you login with.  Try

sudo cp menu.lst menu.lst.140709
ls

this 2nd "ls" should show that you now have a new file, just as expected :)
Right, next thing is to edit the menu.lst so type in

sudo gedit

& now change the section that says

title Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
savedefault
chainloader +1

and change it to

title		Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
root		(hd0,1)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader	+1

So, not much change - just the "rootnoverify" to "root" and add in the
line "makeactive".  Grub is used to talk to machines and so it counts
from 0 rather than starting at 1 as humans usually do.  Just click on
the "Save" button and then reboot.  If a problem happens and you can't
get back into ubuntu then just LiveCd and firefox should allow you to
navigate into here

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