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Martyn

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Jul 17, 2006, 4:56:40 AM7/17/06
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How do I configure my bootloader (GRUB) to run XP by default - I'm trying to
stop confusing the hell out of the wife! TIA.

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Martyn


Jim Howes

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Jul 17, 2006, 5:12:05 AM7/17/06
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Martyn wrote:
> How do I configure my bootloader (GRUB) to run XP by default - I'm trying to
> stop confusing the hell out of the wife! TIA.
>
Somewhere on your system, typically /boot/grub, there is a file called grub.conf

Edit that.

You'll have a number of boot options within the file, such as

title InsertNameOfOperatingSystemHere Version X.YZ
... various options.

These are enumerated by grub as entry 0, entry 1, entry 2, etc.

Before any of the entires, there will be something like:

default=0
timeout=10

Change the default to match the entry that coresponds to Windows XP. (I.e. if
Windows XP is the second entry, you want default=1 (the first entry is zero))

Save your edits, and reboot.

Martyn

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Jul 17, 2006, 3:41:38 PM7/17/06
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I found the relevant document however I don't have the permissions to edit
it!

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Martyn

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Jul 17, 2006, 3:42:12 PM7/17/06
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I've found the document, just don't have the permissions to edit it!
Frustration is setting in...

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David Aldred

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Jul 17, 2006, 4:01:33 PM7/17/06
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Martyn wrote:

> I've found the document, just don't have the permissions to edit it!
> Frustration is setting in...
>

Use sudo.

sudo nano /boot/grub/menu.lst in a console will allow you to edit the file.

(I think the nano text editor comes as standard with Ubuntu - if not,
install it first!).

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Jim Howes

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Jul 18, 2006, 4:23:29 AM7/18/06
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Martyn wrote:
> I've found the document, just don't have the permissions to edit it!
> Frustration is setting in...
>

Aha, that'll be the ubuntu 'Thou-shalt-not-use-root' idea.

Not, I'll admit, one of my favourites.

Use sudo to get root access; as in sudo vi /boot/grub/grub.conf

(assuming you use 'vi' as your editor. Don't tell me, they don't provide that
either...)

Jim

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