How to Build Your Own PC - Save A Buck And Learn A Lot  9  Chapter 11: Installing A Dual Boot Operating System (Linux And Windows XP)       9  Working With and Modifying the GRUB Bootloader

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Now, go to “File...Open” on the menu and navigate to the directory /etc. Inside the directory /etc, you’ll see a file called grub.conf (Figure 198). This is the configuration file for the Grub bootloader. As a general rule, if you’re making changes to configuration files, it’s good to save a backup copy somewhere in case you want to revert. But, for the simple changes we’re making, we’ll just directly modify the grub configuration file (Figure 199).

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