If it is grub and not grub 2 - then editing /boot/grub/menu.lst is easy
As I mentioned in post #10, if you are using grub, edit /boot/grub/menu.lst (as root).
hi cat My suggestion is this change, it is the right solution
I have not changed anything in the original file yet, is there anything else I should do
# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Thu Dec 26 12:35:33 CET 2013
# THIS FILE WILL BE PARTIALLY OVERWRITTEN by perl-Bootloader
# For the new kernel it try to figure out old parameters. In case we are not able to recognize it (e.g. change of flavor or strange install order ) it it use as fallback installation parameters from /etc/sysconfig/bootloader
default 0
timeout 8
##YaST - generic_mbr
gfxmenu (hd0,1)/boot/message
##YaST - activate
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title Desktop -- **openSUSE 13.1 - 3.11.6-4**
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.11.6-4-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD5000AADS-00S9B0_WD-WCAV9F521419-part2 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD5000AADS-00S9B0_WD-WCAV9F521419-part1 splash=silent quiet showopts vga=0x317
initrd /boot/initrd-3.11.6-4-desktop
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title Failsafe -- openSUSE 12.3 - 3.7.10-1.16
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.7.10-1.16-desktop root=/dev/sda2 showopts apm=off noresume edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 nomodeset x11failsafe vga=0x317
initrd /boot/initrd-3.7.10-1.16-desktop
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title Desktop -- openSUSE 12.3 - 3.7.10-1.1
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.7.10-1.1-desktop root=/dev/sda2 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD5000AADS-00S9B0_WD-WCAV9F521419-part1 splash=silent quiet showopts vga=0x317
initrd /boot/initrd-3.7.10-1.1-desktop
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title Failsafe -- openSUSE 12.3 - 3.7.10-1.1
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.7.10-1.1-desktop root=/dev/sda2 showopts apm=off noresume edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 nomodeset x11failsafe vga=0x317
initrd /boot/initrd-3.7.10-1.1-desktop
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title Floppy
rootnoverify (fd0)
chainloader +1
That change looks fine
it made a difference now it look right, thanks for the help guys:shame: