write a Grub

I have a messy combination of physical harddrives and OS's. The GRUB was

where I want and with the combination of OS's I want?

If GRUB is in the MBR of your first disk, all you have to do is edit
grub/menu.lst, which is a plain old text file. The comments explain the
format and options. In my Ubuntu system, that's /boot/grub/menu.lst.
You'll need to run your editor with sudo to get write access.

OK, but if the present Ubuntu install did not write the Grub, and the OS
that would not boot up, can I create the file with a text editor?
Provided that I would know the synthax, of course.

In short - sure. You might want to print out your current menu.lst and
read up on grub install, etc.

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1 19th May 00:27 praf External User Posts: 1	write a Grub I have a messy combination of physical harddrives and OS's. The GRUB was where I want and with the combination of OS's I want?

2 19th May 00:28 stephen rush External User Posts: 1	write a Grub If GRUB is in the MBR of your first disk, all you have to do is edit grub/menu.lst, which is a plain old text file. The comments explain the format and options. In my Ubuntu system, that's /boot/grub/menu.lst. You'll need to run your editor with sudo to get write access.

3 19th May 00:28 praf External User Posts: 1	write a Grub OK, but if the present Ubuntu install did not write the Grub, and the OS that would not boot up, can I create the file with a text editor? Provided that I would know the synthax, of course.

4 19th May 00:28 blacktopbum External User Posts: 1	write a Grub In short - sure. You might want to print out your current menu.lst and read up on grub install, etc. -- BlackTopBum You don't skateboard? What worthwhile thing are you doing !?