How to add to the kernal line

I want to add the following to the kernal at boot:
pciehp.pciehp force=1 to get my card readers to be hot swapable but ive no idea how to do it, can soneone instruct me how to do this in Terminal

 

Code:

sudo mousepad /boot/grub/grub.conf

(?)

--Japser.

 

thanks but im using ubuntu 9.10 not linpus, i tried the sudo mousepad but the command isnt reconised

 

Code:

sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

(??)

replace gedit with nano/pico/vi/vim or whatever editor you have ( I myself use mcedit .... )

Do

Code:

ls /boot/grub

to see which files are in there.

 

I must be doing something wrong I did what you said and all I got was a text editor but no files showing, Im totally new to this so its a bit beyond me. I can always put the card in before I boot it shows up then but not when I insert after boot. some one said to put the following in piechp.piechp force=1 in the kernal line but i dont seem to be having any luck.

 

Just to -look- at your files, you can also use the webbrowser that you use to read this message.
On the top is the address-bar, where is says now 'http://www.aspireonuser.com/forum' etc..
Now clear the address bar and put in a "/", just the slash, no quotes, just the slash: /
And then press enter.
Navigate to /boot and then to grub and see if menu.lst is there.

 

no menu 1st isnt there

 

it's "menu.lst" , not "menu 1st"

 

sorry jasper i dont have that either

 

Some Linux-flavors have 'grub.conf' in stead of 'menu.lst".
Beyond that I am out of ideas.

 

Ubuntu 9.10 now uses grub 2 and configuration is different form grub (legacy)

See : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2

To change the options on the init line, using any editor, open /etc/default/grub

If you are using a graphical application, such as gedit or mousepad, you should use gksu and not sudo

Code:

gksu gedit /etc/default/grub

You are looking for the line

Add in your options, inside the quotes, after quite splash

Code:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash pciehp.pciehp force=1"

Then update grub

Code:

sudo update-grub