>>>>> "Andor" == Andor Demarteau <ademarte@students.cs.uu.nl> writes: >> # kopt=root=/dev/hda2 ro console=ttyS0,9600n81 Andor> oh jaysus, please remove the # infront of the line. then Andor> it gets active. (now the line is a comment) No. Please look at how update-grub works. This is a line directed at update-grub not at grub, so it is commented when active.