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| Thread ID: 106944 | 2010-01-28 23:44:00 | Remove Grub bootloader, but keep Ubuntu 9.10 | Civic (15464) | Press F1 |
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| 853225 | 2010-02-03 00:19:00 | I went into the /boot/grub and could not find menu.lst But I did find grd.cfg and saw that it had the default 0 but re-framed from changing anything as it says DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!! suggestions? |
Civic (15464) | ||
| 853226 | 2010-02-03 00:24:00 | Must be grub2 then? | KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 853227 | 2010-02-03 00:26:00 | Um not sure but I've got Ubuntu 9.10 64bit (even though my CPU is intel and it can only use 3GB) | Civic (15464) | ||
| 853228 | 2010-02-03 00:40:00 | Yep it'll be grub2... it looks a bit tricky to me..........typical they change a thing that everyone knows and understands , just to piss us off I reckon! Anyway good luck! ubuntuforums.org |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 853229 | 2010-02-03 00:58:00 | Hi Guys Thanks for the help but it says I do not have the permission to save the file. Since then I have noticed that Ubuntu cannot hold a internet connection because of my wireless adapter, so I have decided it would be easier to remove Grub 2 and go back to MS (I have a USB drive of Ubuntu so I'll still use Ubuntu) To remove Ubuntu I know I can just use a Win partition app to re size the partition and make it corrupt but is there any better way? |
Civic (15464) | ||
| 853230 | 2010-02-03 01:09:00 | Just format it with disk managment The reason you can't save the file is that you are not root you need to open the text editor from the terminal with sudo as the first thing you type sudo gedit /boot/grub...etc it will ask for the password then it will open the text editor with elevated priviledges. |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 853231 | 2010-02-03 01:11:00 | So your saying that using a Windows Parition app will not corrupt GRUB itself and will be able to remove it and will just come up with the MS loader at startup? | Civic (15464) | ||
| 853232 | 2010-02-03 01:18:00 | No I was explaining why you couldn't save the file you were trying to edit in grub2, sorry. If you format your Ubuntu partition grub will be destroyed Then you will be unable to boot your system until you restore the Windows bootloader. |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 853233 | 2010-02-03 01:33:00 | Yeah I thought that would happen somehow. I already have the MS boot loader but it is after the GRUB loader. |
Civic (15464) | ||
| 853234 | 2010-02-03 01:35:00 | What version of Windows? | KarameaDave (15222) | ||
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