[SOLVED] Install Linux Mint beside existing Windows 10: Flummoxed !!
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Grub is the primary bootloader used on Linux (GRand Unified Bootloader).
The file you could edit is /etc/default/grub and you can access it using the command below (I believe Xed is the default text editor?)
Code:
sudo xed /etc/default/grub
Running the above should open a text file and near the top of that file, you should see a line:
Quote:
GRUB_DEFAULT=0
Simply change the zero ( 0 ) to a 4 based on the output you posted earlier, save and reboot. Or, just leave it the way it is as long as your arrow keys on the keyboard are working.
Attachment 1 is the result of me entering
sudo xed /etc/default/grub
In the line
GRUB DEFAULT=0
I changed the 0 to 4, and clicked the save icon (a floppy disk) to save the change in my iPhone.
I then restarted Linux, reran the sudo command to open the config file in the editor (I think that is what I was doing ... remember I'm a newbie ... I again used the command "sudo xed /etc/default/grub" (without the quote marks), and noted that the default value was now 4 instead of 0. However, when I was doing the restart, it opened as a default once again into Linux. I then noticed that there was a window underneath the editor, and it had a GDK_IS_WINDOW (window) failure message ... see Attachment 2.
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