How do I set lilo to boot to windows by default? I tried editing the lilo.conf file and changing the default="linux" to "win" , should I have made that "windows" ? The page I found on the web that described it had it as win.

I have winme on the c: drive hda, and mandrake 9.1 on the d: hdb or whatever... still getting used to these new terms.

For every partition, there should be a section called label... see what your label is for windows (eg. label="Windows")... use that value for your default section (eg. for my previous example... it will be default="Windows").

The settings are cAsE sEnSiTiVe... and don't forget to run lilo after changing the settings

Will go try that, thanks for the quick response.

Here is my grub.conf, maybe is similar.
# 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 (hd0,12)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda12
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda13
default=0
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,12)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-8)
root (hd0,12)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-8 ro root=LABEL=/
initrd /initrd-2.4.20-8.img
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.7-10)
root (hd0,12)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-8 ro root=hda11
initrd /initrd-2.4.20-8.img
title DOS
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1


default=0 means the default booting OS is the first entry.
It is Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-8) in this file.
If I modify it to default=1, then the default booting OS will be changed to Red Hat Linux (2.4.7-10).

No prob

And Xiangbuilder... csnow33 did mention he's using LILO, not grub

Thank you point out this.

Thanks again. It worked. Now I don't have to worry about my wife getting lost in linux.

You're most welcome.