grub questions

siegecraft4 · 07-17-2004, 10:34 PM

Hey everyone. I just decided to start getting into the Linux world. I installed the SUSE 9.1 distribution. The boot loader "grub" puts Linux on top of the boot priority list. I would like to make Windows the default os. How do I do this? I heard something about using the root account and going to boot/grub/? but I'm not sure which file I need to edit or how. Thanks for the help.

Hitman1 · 07-17-2004, 10:40 PM

edit the file /boot/grub/grub.conf

look for: default=0

change it to: default=1

siegecraft4 · 07-17-2004, 10:42 PM

thanks again, I'll try that now

rgiggs · 07-17-2004, 10:46 PM

you might find that grub.conf doesn't exist in /boot/grub. in that case, edit the file /boot/grub/menu.lst instead.

siegecraft4 · 07-17-2004, 10:49 PM

grub.conf does not exist in that directory

I have

device.map
e2fs_stage1_5
fat_stage1_5
ffs_stage1_5
jfs_stage_1_5
menu.lst
minix_stage1_5
reiserfs_stage1_5
stage1
stage2
vstafs_stage1_5
xfs_stage1_5M

Am I missing something?

siegecraft4 · 07-17-2004, 10:50 PM

beat me to it... i'll try the second suggestion

rgiggs · 07-17-2004, 10:50 PM

look at my post right above.

haha, then you beat me to this one.

siegecraft4 · 07-17-2004, 10:56 PM

that worked ... this forum really is a great resource for the linux noob ... makes the transition from Windows much less scary... hah