Help with dual boot

MarlD · 03-25-06, 06:47 PM

hi i installed Knoppix 4.0.2 and i don't have a problem with that but i'd like to change the order of which OS is selected. right now it's default is Knoppix but i want it to go to XP, can someone tell me how to change it or get me a link, thank

klingens · 03-25-06, 07:21 PM

Depends on the bootloader you use: if it's grub, you edit menu.lst (most probably /boot/grub/menu.list), if it's like you edit /etc/lilo.conf and then run /sbin/lilo as root

Both of these config files have documentation about how to use them. somewhre in /usr/share/doc probably. Also manpages

MarlD · 03-25-06, 07:25 PM

ok, i'm a noob when it comes to linux so i'm not sure what it is i have, but thanks for the input

Gnufsh · 03-25-06, 07:28 PM

You can edit /boot/grub/grub.conf to change this. If you just want to change the default (without re-ordering them), just find where it says

Code:

default 0

and change the 0 to whichever windows is in the order (ie if windows is the 2nd OS listed, change it to 1 and if it's the 3rd, change it to 2 since programmers start counting at 0).

MarlD · 03-26-06, 05:20 PM

thanks guys, i looked at it and it is GNU Grub that is the bootloader

03-25-06, 06:47 PM	Thread Starter #1
MarlD Member Join Date: Oct 2005	Help with dual boot hi i installed Knoppix 4.0.2 and i don't have a problem with that but i'd like to change the order of which OS is selected. right now it's default is Knoppix but i want it to go to XP, can someone tell me how to change it or get me a link, thank
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03-25-06, 07:21 PM	#2
klingens Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Xanadu	Depends on the bootloader you use: if it's grub, you edit menu.lst (most probably /boot/grub/menu.list), if it's like you edit /etc/lilo.conf and then run /sbin/lilo as root Both of these config files have documentation about how to use them. somewhre in /usr/share/doc probably. Also manpages
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03-25-06, 07:25 PM	Thread Starter #3
MarlD Member Join Date: Oct 2005	ok, i'm a noob when it comes to linux so i'm not sure what it is i have, but thanks for the input
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03-25-06, 07:28 PM	#4
Gnufsh Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: June Lake, California	You can edit /boot/grub/grub.conf to change this. If you just want to change the default (without re-ordering them), just find where it says Code: default 0 and change the 0 to whichever windows is in the order (ie if windows is the 2nd OS listed, change it to 1 and if it's the 3rd, change it to 2 since programmers start counting at 0). __________________ Lost access to the classifieds? Look here. Forum Policies Sig Rules "Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened." -Sir Winston Churchill
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03-26-06, 05:20 PM	Thread Starter #5
MarlD Member Join Date: Oct 2005	thanks guys, i looked at it and it is GNU Grub that is the bootloader
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