more problems

[hnugz]

Now that I actually have red hat 7.3 installed, I tried logging in as root so I could try and edit the grub file so i could load windows too, and I got some kinda error and I dont get the bar at the bottom anymore for Gnome.  How the hell do I get it back?  I've had nothing but problems with linux so far, its very frustrating.

[choasforages]

and easyer way to get to the root acount is to logon as a normal user

then in a console, type the command

su

in, and give it your root password, then use the editor of choice on the /boot/grub/grub.conf file

[hnugz]

OK lets pretend im a moron and I dont know how to do anything.  What file should I use to edit the grub.conf?  And is that the file I need to edit in order to set up win2k to boot as well?

[sporkme]

reinstall linux

[jtpenrod]

quote: OK lets pretend im a moron and I dont know how to do anything. What file should I use to edit the grub.conf? And is that the file I need to edit in order to set up win2k to boot as well?

The file you want is: /boot/grub/menu.lst. That's the one to edit to add/remove different OSs for booting.
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[ September 02, 2002: Message edited by: jtpenrod ]

[RudeCat7]

Just reinstall linux again. So you get better at it. This issue is usually configured during the installation, they make it really easy for you unless you don't read the instructions.

And if all else fails, try SuSe!  

[Ice-9]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I've got the impression that Grub is a bit harder to configure than LILO.
The bootloader my SuSE box uses is LILO and the Red Hat box uses Grub but I only had to change lilo.conf once because the partition weren't listed correctly and it wouldn't let me boot into Windows.

So what would be the advantage of Grub over LILO?

[ September 02, 2002: Message edited by: Ice9 ]