want windows to boot first
 

Hi everyone,

I have both linux and windows installed on my pc, but when I boot up my computer, it starts counting down from 10 seconds and then stars with linux by default.

How can I make it to start it with Windows by default since I use it most of the time..

Thanks in advance!

You're making a mistake. It's harder to wean yourself from Windows if you let it default. That said ... your grub configuration file, (whose name varies depending on your distro), Has a line something like, 'default=0'.

Zero defaults the 1st choice on your list ... changing it to 'default=1' will default to the 2nd choice, etc.

What bootloader are you using? If its LILO, post your /etc/lilo.conf and if its GRUB post your /boot/grub/menu.lst (or /boot/grub.conf).

i looked up to the directory boot/grub/menu.lst but cannot change deafult 0 to 1 since it says the file is read only??

Hi cobweb,

To modify the file menu.lst you must be root. So first change to root and then edit the file

thanks everyone, it worked well...