How Do I Edit The Boot Loader
Stephen
stephen_o at rogers.com
Sun Mar 8 02:14:20 UTC 2009
Stephen Constantinou wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
>
>> I have used Mandrake and Red Hat linux in the past. I just installed
>> ubuntu 8.10 64 bit on my desktop computer.
>>
>> Other people use the machine so I want Windows to be the default os to
>> boot. I have tried the help files and google and can't find any info on
>> configuring the boot loader.
>>
>> I would appreciate any suggestions.
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> Stephen Oulton
>>
>>
> Dear Stephen
>
> Here is a third method just to add to your options. I used it on my
> Kubuntu 8.10, (32bit).
>
> 1) Click K > System > System Settings > 2nd Tab Advanced > Grub Editor >
> Entries tab - select which O/S you want to boot as default
> 2) In addition you could look at the Options tab to change how long the
> countdown is until the default O/S boots
>
> Let us all know which one worked
>
>
> Good luck
>
> another Stephen
>
>
Thanks for the reply. Lucio M Nicolosi sent me an email on how to edit
the grub boot list with sudo gedit, and the problem has been solved.
The other Stephen.
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