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I can't edit /etc/default/grub
I'm trying to update my grub boot order back to booting the first option instead of the second, so I run
sudo nano /etc/default/grub, but it brings up this, which is not the file I want to edit.I'm on fedora 38
It has been solved!
Read the first couple of lines in that file, they provide a vital clue as to where you should be looking and what you should be doing.
Sorry, I think I forgot to update my original post to mention this, but I think I somehow overwrote this file with the contents of grub.cfg so that file is no help to me.
sudo mv /etc/default/grub /root/old_etcdefaultgrub to get it out of the way, then sudo dnf reinstall /etc/default/grub to reinstall the package that provides it, giving you a fresh unmodified copy. Should work for practically any config file on Fedora.
I did this and it worked! Thanks so much !
Don’t you go and reinstall, learn how to fix this
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How have I never seen that before. It’s perfection
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superuser.com/questions/469249/how-can-i-restore-grub-for-fedora ... maybe try rming that file, then /sbin/grub-install. All else fails, use package manager to purge and reinstall grub
I was helping you there and asked you to back up configs and post some information.
Once you've done that I think actually getting things back the way they should be will go fine.
Oops, sorry, I must have missed that. Tomorrow I'll try grubby, and if that doesn't work I'll get that information back to you.
Fedora uses grubby to edit grub. Read documentation. Do some research.
Cool, thanks I'll check this out.
Did you even try? A bunch of people, including myself, gave you plenty of suggestions.
If you're expecting to have your hand held and the solutions spoon-fed, consider Windows or macOS. If you want to use Linux, you have to help yourself, or at least help us help you.
I am sorry, I have been very busy and was planning on getting back to this when I have the time. I have done a lot of searching over the past months, and the comments on this post have mostly been very helpful and seem like they will work, so that's great actually. I am sorry if my post comes off as lazy or something, because that is not my intent.
No you should not reinstall the system.
You use grubby to change grub configs afaik
