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On 04/01/2010 02:58 PM, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> J wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 17:04, Karl Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>>         Hi gang, I am having zero luck telling what number my Windows
>>> is called. Based on the fact that the zero thing is my 10.04 partition
>>> which is /dev/sda13, and my windows is at /dev/sda1 there are 13 numbers
>>> between them. Is this where the "number" comes from? I don't think so.
>> 
>> Karl,
>> 
>> As I said before, though not quite as clearly, boot the computer.
>> Look at the boot menu.  The first item listed is item 0.  The next
>> item listed is 1.  The third item listed is 2 and so on and so on.
>> 
>> Count the items until you reach the option to boot windows.
>> 
>> THAT's the number you need to set the grub default to.
>> 
> 
> 	I am now booted automatically into Ubuntu version 8.04 as I 
> desired. I had to replace the 0 with 21 to get here. You Must 
> count every line of the boot menu which includes kernel lines. 
> This means every time I get a new kernel for Lucid it will 
> break this setup! So it is not a good solution. But it is at 
> least a solution! now to improve on it, if possible.

Easiest might be to install the startup manager:

$ sudo apt-get install startupmanager

Then: System|Administration|Startup Manager
On Boot Options set the 'Default operating system' to what you wish.