[Nottingham] Grub quickie help please

Chris Booth chris.booth at nottingham.ac.uk
Thu Mar 16 18:20:38 GMT 2006


Martin wrote:

> When there are multiple OSes displayed by *Grub*, how do you set which 
> one is the default for booting?
>
> Help!
>
> Thanks,
> Martin
>
Hi Martin,

It depends :-)

On x86 hardware:
    On Debian you need to edit the file:
        /boot/grub/menu.lst

    On Red Hat you need to edit the file:
        /boot/grub/grub.conf

On PowerPC hardware:
    On Debian you need to edit the file:
        /etc/yaboot.conf

Cheers,

Chris Booth.




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