[sf-lug] Updating grub boot loader

[Michael Paoli]

Likely to better stick with (mostly) editing the /etc/default/grub file.
What Operating System (OS)?  Particular conventions and behaviors may
vary by distro and version.
And what version of GRUB?  Sounds like "2.x" series,
but what exactly is the distro's grub[2] package version?

Sure, you can manipulate GRUB config stuff at lower levels ...
but the further down you go, the more likely that is to get clobbered
with subsequent routine updates to the OS or kernel thereof.

Your changes are more likely to be preserved if it's a configuration
file your OS is generally more likely to use, honor and respect,
rather than overwrite from scratch or the like, as part of its typical
update operations.

> From: "Ken Shaffer" <kenshaffer80 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [sf-lug] Updating grub boot loader
> Date: Sat, 30 May 2020 22:11:13 -0700

> To edit a system file, maybe try sudoedit file .  I usually just use
> sudo vi file to avoid any unwanted side effects on gui related file
> ownerships.  Then again, the order change may be done via renaming the
> files in the /etc/grub.d They get put into grub.cfg in numerical
> order, so choose numbers to reflect the order you want.
> Ken
>
> On 5/30/20, John Strazzarino <jstrazza at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Trying to change the order of things displayed in grub.  Did a gedit
>> etc/default/grub
>> But it opens in read only and not sure how to change it.
>>
>> Any help?