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[Tom <question78969@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Question #78969 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/78969

    Status: Open => Answered

Tom proposed the following answer:
Hi :)

Ok now try

cd /boot/grub
sudo gedit menu.lst

Note that this time we have to put sudo in front of gedit in order to
allow you to save any changes you make to this system file.  Ok in gedit
cut these 2 sections from the end of the list

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda2.
title Linux (on /dev/sda2)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16.60-0.21-smp root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD3200BEVT-_WD-WXE408EZ7321-part2 vga=0x314 resume=/dev/sda1 splash=silent showopts
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.16.60-0.21-smp
savedefault
boot

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda2.
title Failsafe (on /dev/sda2)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16.60-0.21-smp root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD3200BEVT-_WD-WXE408EZ7321-part2 vga=normal showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 edd=off 3
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.16.60-0.21-smp
savedefault
boot

and switch them around & paste them into the space at the end of the #
section & also change the "title" lines to make it look like this

## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda2.
title openSUSE - failsafe (on /dev/sda2)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16.60-0.21-smp root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD3200BEVT-_WD-WXE408EZ7321-part2 vga=normal showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 edd=off 3
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.16.60-0.21-smp
savedefault
boot

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda2.
title openSUSE (on /dev/sda2)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16.60-0.21-smp root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD3200BEVT-_WD-WXE408EZ7321-part2 vga=0x314 resume=/dev/sda1 splash=silent showopts
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.16.60-0.21-smp
savedefault
boot

## ## End Default Options ##

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-14-generic
uuid 91f00144-d242-4cdf-af3f-6c92e6ca3fa7
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-14-generic root=UUID=91f00144-d242-4cdf-af3f-6c92e6ca3fa7 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-14-generic
quiet 

Also go back to the beginning of the menu.lst in gedit and look for the
lines

default 0

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout 10

and change the "default" to 2 so that grub will boot from the 3rd menu
item by default.  This will ensure you boot into Ubuntu without having
to press anything but if you want to boot into openSUSE then you only
have to go up 1 place with failsafe being the section above rather than
below it ;)  Of course if you set that default to be 1 then it will boot
into openSUSE by default ;)  Note that grub counts from 0 whereas we
tend to count from 1.

Ok click on "Save" and it should save safely because of the "sudo" in
front of gedit this time.  Feel free to copy the whole of your manu.lst
into here for us to check if you want ;)

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

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