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[Cheatmasterbw]

Does anyone know how to edit the grub 1.99 menu (Background color, order to list operating systems, etc.) in Ubuntu 11.04? Thanks!

Also, are there any alternatives to Grub?

[mikethedj4]

I'd recommend asking on the Ubuntu Forums. Unfortunately I got banned from there for posting Photoshop tutorials for Gimp users. So most of the problems I come across I either Google, or haft to figure out myself.

[mandai]

GRUB has a file for custom boot menu options, this is located in: /etc/grub.d/40_custom. Once you have made changes to this file you will need to run update-grub to apply the changes.
The boot menu appearance can be changed by editing the 05_debian_theme file.

You can bring up the boot selection screen by holding the left shift key while grub is loading.

LILO, Plop and Syslinux are alternatives to GRUB.

[Cheatmasterbw]

The file 40_custom is read only. Do you know how to fix that?

[mandai]

You should run your text editor as root.

[Cheatmasterbw]

How would i run the text editor as a root? (i am new to ubuntu)

[mandai]

You can do this by opening a terminal, then running the command: sudo mousepad
This will ask for the root password, then it will start a text editor with root privileges.

[Cheatmasterbw]

Thanks, this helped!

Also, the command you showed me didn't work. I found the command "sudo gedit" that did, though.