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08 May 12
Hello,
I tape on Terminal : sudo gedit /boot/grub/grub.cfg
I configure what I need and save the file in question but after I do sudo update-grub I guess the changes do not take effects any longer and the configurations come back to their previous default ones.
How can I fix this ? I mean, after updating the grub how can I keep my personal configurations for this file ?
Regards
15 May 12
Making changes to grub.cfg and then running update-grub, overwrites grub.cfg. You don't mention what changes you're trying to make, so, can't give you specific instructions.
These files/folders are used for Grub2 configuration.
/etc/default/grub (text file for basic grub configuration)
/etc/grub.d (folder) Look at the contents of the files in this folder for info on how to revise grub more specifically. The files are commented really well, but, if your uncomfortable with changing code, leave them alone.
Here's a link from the Ubuntu Community on Grub2 that may contain a better explanation:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2
Making changes to grub.cfg will always be overwritten by update-grub, so, you need to learn how grub2 works. If you can tell us specifically what you're trying to do, then, we may be able to point you to a single change you can make to save you time.
15 May 12
Thank you very much for the answer.
I want to change the default time for the boot menu loader, the default operating system boot, and the colors of the text of the boot menu. If I do not upgrade these changes take effects, but if I do upgrade they got deleted and the default settings become restored in /boot/grub/grub.cfg
Regards
begueradj
15 May 12
Hello,
sure Marc, what you say works, but my question is: why when I upgrade the grub then those changes disappear and everything go back to the default settings that file ?
regards
15 May 12
Because it's main functionallity is to *create* grub config files ;)
I quote from a man page
"update-grub is a program used to generate the menu.lst file used by the grub bootloader. It works by looking in /boot for all files which start with "vmlinuz-". They will be treated as kernels, and grub menu entries will be created for each. It will also create the initial menu.lst if none exists, after prompting the user. It will also add initrd lines for ramdisk images found with the same version as kernels found. e.g. /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.5 and /boot/initrd-2.4.5 will cause a line of "initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.5 or simliar to be added for the kernel entry in the menu.lst."
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