GRUB default, how to change?

[Richard Owlett]

Roland Burgan wrote:
> I am using a dual partition for Ubuntu 10.04, and Win XP Pro. The
> current default boot is for Ubuntu 10.04. I would like to change it to
> Win XP Pro.
>
> I have GNU GRUB Version 1.98-1Ubuntu12
>
> My startup menu listing is:
>
> Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-34-generic
> Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-34 (recovery mode)
> Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-33
> Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-33 (recovery mode)
> Memory test (memtest86+)
> Memory test (memtest86+,serial console 115200)
> Microsoft Windows XP Professional (on /dev/sbd1)
>
> The top one is the default, currently. I would like, if possible, to
> keep the list in the order it is in. I cannot find a boot/grub/menu.lst
> file, that is commonly mentioned in changing the menu list default order.
>

Suspect you have GRUB2 not GRUB (aka LEGACY)
see
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2

Follow all the links for an "education"
I've been bit by same while attempting to move from WinXP ;/