Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

[Lisi <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>]

On Sunday 14 October 2012 16:20:48 Wally Lepore wrote:
> The link starts off by suggesting I log in as user and then enter the
> following initial command.
>
> 1 | su root
> 2 | gedit
>         
> I went to Applications --> Accessories --> Terminal (I assume this is
> how to open a terminal)  and was presented with  terminal window that
> said:
>
> myname@systemname:~$ (blinking cursor)
>
> Is this where I'm suppose to be at?

Yes, and you don't need to say 
su root.  
Just
su 
is enough.  
Debian by default does not allow booting into a GUI as root.

But I prefer (mutatis mutandis, I use KDE3):
alt-F2
gksu gedit
enter password when asked.
( I actually do: alt-F2, kdesu kwrite)

HTH
Lisi