booting multiple OS

ari sarkar ari_sarkar_1980 at yahoo.co.in
Wed Aug 29 17:58:34 UTC 2007


On Wednesday 29 Aug 2007 10:08:57 pm alex wrote:

> I edited the order of entries so that Windows was the first (default  3
> second delayed autoboot) system.  ( My computer is used by kids (aged 4
> to 7) to play their games from CD in Windows  and I didn't want to let
> them to get into the other systems until they're more computer savvy..
>
> I edited menu.lst so that the last installed system was the second entry
> (after Windows) .
> Then I edited to put the other systems in the order that I wanted them
> to appear on the bootup menu.
>

You can easily make this happen without reordering, cut/paste the entries 
(it's lengthy and tedious). 
Just note the number for "Windows" entry. and use that number in "default x" 
option in menu.lst


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Ari Sarkar
Kolkata, India




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