lilo, howto boot to windows by default
How do I set lilo to boot to windows by default? I tried editing the lilo.conf file and changing the default="linux" to "win" , should I have made that "windows" ? The page I found on the web that described it had it as win.
I have winme on the c: drive hda, and mandrake 9.1 on the d: hdb or whatever... still getting used to these new terms. |
For every partition, there should be a section called label... see what your label is for windows (eg. label="Windows")... use that value for your default section (eg. for my previous example... it will be default="Windows").
The settings are cAsE sEnSiTiVe... and don't forget to run lilo after changing the settings :) |
thanks
Will go try that, thanks for the quick response.
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Here is my grub.conf, maybe is similar.
# grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. # root (hd0,12) # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda12 # initrd /initrd-version.img #boot=/dev/hda13 default=0 timeout=10 splashimage=(hd0,12)/grub/splash.xpm.gz title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-8) root (hd0,12) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-8 ro root=LABEL=/ initrd /initrd-2.4.20-8.img title Red Hat Linux (2.4.7-10) root (hd0,12) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-8 ro root=hda11 initrd /initrd-2.4.20-8.img title DOS rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader +1 default=0 means the default booting OS is the first entry. It is Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-8) in this file. If I modify it to default=1, then the default booting OS will be changed to Red Hat Linux (2.4.7-10). |
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And Xiangbuilder... csnow33 did mention he's using LILO, not grub :) |
Thank you point out this.
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Worked
Thanks again. It worked. Now I don't have to worry about my wife getting lost in linux.
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