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Question #78588 on Ubuntu changed:
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Tom posted a new comment:
You're welcome of course.  We aren't always so swift but you've asked
one of our favourite questions.  It's sometimes said that Windows gives
freedom from choice but linux offers freedom of choice.

To edit menu.lst first back it up in case of accidents.  First question
is do you have an Ubuntu Cd? (or any other gnu&linux distro but any
version of Ubuntu is good for this).  First thing to do is go up to the
top taskbar and click on

Applications - Accessories - Terminal

and into the terminal/command window/console type

cd /boot/grub
ls
sudo cp menu.lst menu.lst.300709
ls

Note that "ls" is a lower-case "LS" and shows a LiSt of what's in the
directory/folder.  Also notice that it worth being wary of advice given
online.  I've never seen anything to worry about in here but out there
are all kinds of strange people.  On the command line you can check what
a command does and how to use it by typing " -h" or " --help" after the
command.  Try typing

ls -h

ls --help

for some other advice about the terminal console here's a guide worth dipping into occasionally
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal

Notice that "ls" does much the same as "dir" used to in Windows.  Linux also has that command, but it's not as nice as "ls" ;)  Ok, normally the "cp" command just happily creates a CoPy of the file following it and gives it the name following that. But in this case we are dealing with a protected system folder so we have to precede it with a request to allow us to act as Root or SuperUser
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo
Now the 2nd "ls" should show that we've made a backup copy of menu.lst in case things go wrong.

Ok so far?

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