Re: Dual Boot question

From: Ed (Huckleberry_REMOVE__at_bigvalley.net)
Date: 10/25/05

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    HASM <not_really@comcast.net> wrote in news:m3d5lu9y84.fsf@127.0.0.1:

    > Ed <Huckleberry_REMOVE_@bigvalley.net> writes:
    >
    >> Having recently installed Suse Linux 10 on my Win2K machine, I see
    >> that Linux boot has priority unless one selects Windows during the
    >> boot process.
    >
    >> Any way to make Windows the default?
    >
    > Suse uses grub, the grub configuration file you want is
    > /boot/grub/menu.lst. Look for the default line which will probably be
    >
    > default 0
    >
    > Change the 0 to 1. If it is 1 and it is booting Linux, try 0.
    > (Assuming you have only two OSes on your grub configuration.)
    >
    > -- HASM
    >

        Thanks.... will try that in a bit. I'm such a newbie that I don't
    quite know what program to use to edit the file, but I'll probably figure
    that out when I boot up Linux.

        Ed

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