I have loaded fedora Core 5 but i want windows XP to run by default i.e the home user should not know if there is any change in system.

I was able to get to windows XP by pressing down arrow but could not find where to set default loading OS.

Please help ASAP other wise i have to remove Fedora Core

Thanks in advance

Jazzy

are you using grub? in /boot/grub/grub.conf you can change the value of 'default' to the entry number of windows minus 1.

for example if the windows entry is in the second, you'll change it to 'default 1'

/boot/grub/grub.conf can be also /boot/grub/menu.lst. that depends only on the install.

I am getting permission denied for the both.

I tried changing value +1 in Windows XP then editing it and Changing value for Chain loader +1 to Chainloader -1. This also does not work

try to be a super user:

NO, don't change the chainloader number!!!!! That's got nothing to do with the boot order!
Here's the start of my /boot/grub/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 have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,4)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sda2
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/sda
default=0
timeout=9
splashimage=(hd0,4)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
#hiddenmenu
title Fedora Core 4

The line that says default=0 is the one you need to change. 0 is the number of the first title, in this case Fedora Core 4. If your second entry is windows, you need to change the 0 to 1. If windows is the 3rd entry you need to change the 0 to 3.
When you update the kernel this number may change, as yum doesn't delete the old kernel, just stacks them on top of each other, so the first time you do that do a reboot and check.

btw why are you trying to change the value of chainloader?

anyway if doing su won't work for you, you can always boot the system with a livecd then modify menu.lst there.