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On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 08:50:47 -0500 "Ted Roche" <[hidden email]> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 8:04 AM, Jerry Feldman <[hidden email]> wrote: > > At the installfest, I needed to make some changes to the boot process > > by adding a kernel parameter. In this case, I > > edited /boot/grub/menu.lst. However, I found that sometimes Ubuntu > > changes this back after an update. Is there a way via a system > > configuration menu to set parameters. In this case, I turned off > > splash, set verbose, and set noacpi. > > > > Yep, it was right there in the menu.lst file. It includes a template > that Ubuntu uses when generating new entries. It starts out: > > ### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST > ## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified > ## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below > > ## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs > > ## ## Start Default Options ## > ## default kernel options > ## default kernel options for automagic boot options > ## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z > ## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted. > ## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro > ## kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro > ## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro > # kopt=root=UUID=ec909078-a643-4f73-aeef-c4bb7aa69d28 ro
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