Hello

I've installed linux red hat 8.0 along with the windows OS...making my machine multi OS.
I've grub boot loader.
On startup linux starts as my default OS.
How can i reconfigure grub so that the next time i reboot my pc Windows starts as my default OS and not linux..

Thank you.

Hi, I think you just have to manually edit the /boot/grub/grub.conf file (may be called menu.lst in some distros) and either add or change the line that says default=?
Here is an example grub.conf file:

# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You do not have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg.
# root (hd0,8)
# kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda9
# initrd /boot/initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
# By default boot the second entry
default=1
# Fallback to the first entry.
fallback 0
# Boot automatically after 2 minutes
timeout=120
splashimage=(hd0,8)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Windows 2000
unhide (hd0,0)
hide (hd0,1)
hide (hd0,2)
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
makeactive
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-19.8.0.19mar2003)
root (hd0,8)
kernel /boot/bzImage.2.4.18-19.8.0.19mar2003 ro root=LABEL=/ hdd=ide-scsi
initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.18-19.8.0custom.img.19mar03
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-19.8.0custom)
root (hd0,8)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-19.8.0custom ro root=LABEL=/ hdd=ide-scsi
initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.18-19.8.0custom.img
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-14)
root (hd0,8)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-14 ro root=LABEL=/ hdd=ide-scsi
initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.18-14.img
title MyKernel.26jan03 (Red Hat Linux 2.4.18-14)
root (hd0,8)
kernel /boot/bzImage.myker.26jan03 ro root=LABEL=/ hdd=ide-scsi
initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.18-19.8.0.img
title Windows 98
hide (hd0,0)
hide (hd0,1)
unhide (hd0,2)
rootnoverify (hd0,2)
chainloader +1
makeactive
title DOS 6.22
hide (hd0,0)
unhide (hd0,1)
hide (hd0,2)
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
chainloader +1
makeactive
title Partition 2 (floppy)
hide (hd0,0)
unhide (hd0,1)
hide (hd0,2)
chainloader (fd0)+1
title Partition 3 (floppy)
hide (hd0,0)
hide (hd0,1)
unhide (hd0,2)
chainloader (fd0)+1

Hello

Thanks for the reply
I use command line linux
I'll get 2 the grub conf file as u mentioned.
How do i get 2 edit it..like we have notepad for editing in windows.

what's the default editor for linux and how do i use it(what are the commands 2 invoke the editor and check for it..install it bla bla)

Thank you.

fhameed.

from the console most people use vi. The command would be:

vi /boot/grub/grub.conf

From Gnome you could use gedit - a simple but good text editor.
From KDE try kedit - also a simple, nice text editor.