Frank Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 I formatted my lappy with Ubuntu about two weeks ago. I have never had any experience with Linux so I thought I should give it a shot. I decided today I was going back to Windows for my primary OS because of all of the Windows based programs I need to use to do my job. I followed the "How to dual boot Linux and Windows XP (Linux installed first) -- the step-by-step guide with screenshots" and everything went quite well. The only thing I would like to do is make Windows the default boot option. Is this possible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lechio Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Sure it is possible. This is the guide you are following? If you are booting from GRUB you just edit the configuration file so that Windows is the OS that is selected to boot by default: sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst and edit this line: default 0 This line is what tells GRUB what OS should boot first. You put the entry number where Windows is located. Let's say you have this list showing in GRUB: Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 8.10 (recovery mode) Windows Vista The entry number for Windows would be "2". Alternatively you can "push" you Windows entry up by cutting>pasting its boot entry so that it stays in position "0". Off topic: sorry about that little incident in the gaming section... :/ Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted December 27, 2008 Veteran Share Posted December 27, 2008 Rather than mucking with orders every time you want to change your default, if you add a line savedefault to your important boot modes (Windows and Linux, I presume), then each time you change your selection, it will save itself as the default for the next boot. That way you don't need to re-edit next time you want to try Linux for a while and set it to default for testing, then un-do it again to go back to Windows default. More info on 'savedefault' here: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/gr...tml#savedefault Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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