Re: Documentation bug missing menu.lst

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Hey Victor

On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Victor Rodriguez <vm.rod25@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks NIrmal i thought soo do you know how to inform the newbies
> administrator in order to change that
>
> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 7:27 PM, Nirmal Thangaraj <mail2nirmal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Victor Rodriguez <vm.rod25@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> HI I am new in the list and this is my first coment, i have already clone
>>> the mainline and follw the steps sugested in kernelnewbies in order compile
>>> the kenel (http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ/KernelCompilation) I was working in
>>> ubuntu 10.04  i followed all the instruction in this way
>>>
>>> $make menuconfig
>>> $make
>>> #make modules_install
>>> #make install
>>>
>>> but then they put really explicit
>>>
>>> If you're using Ubuntu, you will need to edit menu.lst instead of grub.conf
>>>
>>> I look for in ubuntu documentation for this file and ubuntu establish in the
>>> LucidLynx/ReleaseNotes (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucidLynx/ReleaseNotes) that
>>> the file most be opened by this way
>>>
>>> Open /boot/grub/menu.lst with a text editor (e.g.,
>>> sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst).
>>>
>>> And then save the file, and run sudo update-grub from the commandline.
>>>
>>> I have run in file system
>>>
>>> $sudo find -name menu.lst and nothing appear
>>>
>>> any way i skip the part of open the menu.lst file and just did the sudo
>>> update-grub and for me it works the image of the new kernel is available
>>> after reboot the machine i cehck the kernel version with
>>>
>>> $ uname -a and this appear
>>>
>>> Linux victor-desktop 2.6.35-rc6+ #1 SMP Tue Jul 27 16:40:26 CDT 2010 i686
>>> GNU/Linux
>>>
>>> I don't know if this is a bug in the new kernel release but at least in the
>>> abailable documentation it is
>>>
>>> Any commentary will be appreciated
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Victor Rodriguez
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Hi Victor
>>
>> grub2 has been the default since 10.04. So no more menu.lst and no
>> more manual edits.
>>
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#GRUB vs GRUB 2
>>
>> Must be a doc bug.
>>
>> - Nirmal
>>
>

Obligatory top-post warning. Dont top-post : )

About the wiki changes on kernelnewbies.org, I think you need to
contact one of the editors here at
http://kernelnewbies.org/EditorsGroup

- Nirmal

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