[Nottingham] Grub quickie help please

[Martin]

Many thanks all.

Chris Booth wrote:
> 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

Which includes Ubuntu. Also note that the "Other Operating Systems" note 
counts as one line also. Hence to default to Windows is "default 4"

Use:

sudo vim /boot/grub/menu.lst

to edit and finish with "ESC :w! :q" to write the read-only file.


>    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,
Martin

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