Boot up

[Chris]

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Eugene Cormier wrote:
> If you are using any version before Karmic (the latest test version not
> yet released) then you can change the boot order by following these
> instructions:
> 
> If you're using grub as your boot loader, I assume you are, do this:
> In a terminal run:
> gksudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
> 
> then find and edit these lines:
> 
> default 0
> [change the 0 to the number in the list of OSs that WinXP is, starting
> counting from 0. To check which one it is, have a look at the end of the
> file and there are the OS entries, in separate blocks/paragraphs each
> starting with 'title', just count them, including the 'other OSs' entry.
> If you just did a standard Ubuntu install, Windows should be 5th in the
> list, so put a 4 in place of the 0.]
> 
> Save the file and you're done.
> 
> Eugene
> 
> I gleaned this info from:
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=77024
> 
> On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 09:54 -0400, raymond house wrote:
>> Hi Chris, I downloaded the default manager from APP.add/remove and
>> selected Ubuntu 9.04,kernel 2.6.28-16-server and it still starts up in
>> windows.?  Any suggestions,  Ray
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 9:26 AM, Chris <candive1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> raymond house wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>                  I have a question, when I turn on the
> computer the Windows
>> OS manager comes up and by default will select windows. How
> can I boot up
>> with Ubuntu as default instead. I hardly ever use Windows,
> and if I dont
>> select Ubuntu immediatly I have to restart.
>>                                                 Thanks,  Ray
> 
> 
> 
> Go to your Ubuntu OS and add "startup manager" then just
> choose your
> default operating system from the drop down.
> 
> "startup manager" is a GUI
> 
> Chris.
Eugene, thanks chris.
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