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Old 11-27-2004, 10:55 AM   #1
Maxwell Rain
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Dual Boot : Making Windows First Option in boot menu


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Hello,

How can I make Windows the first option in the boot menu ?

I have installed Mandrake 10.0 and Windows NT.
Bootloader is Lilo.
Currently windows is the fourth option, I would like to make it the first option, so when someone else at home is using the computer they won't end up in linux and panic.

Thanks in advance.
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Old 11-27-2004, 11:00 AM   #2
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You should have a default entry in your /etc/lilo.conf. Edit that to have what ever your Windows entry is called listed as default.
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Old 11-27-2004, 11:02 AM   #3
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as root edit /etc/lilo.conf and put the windows section just above the first linux section then run lilo, I don't know so much about mandrake but I think there may be a gui utility to do this for you
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Old 11-27-2004, 04:00 PM   #4
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Thank you, editing /etc/lilo.conf did the trick.
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