Re: using RH 8 or 9 where is the command line Newbie Q's

From: Paul Lutus (nospam_at_nosite.zzz)
Date: 09/30/04


Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 08:56:16 -0700

Sean Cleary wrote:

/ ...

> Ok, now when I boot up it defaults to booting Linux. Always. What I
> want is when I have last booted up and chosen Linux, that it boots
> Linux, but when I have last chosen Windows, it boots windows, and when
> I have not made a choice it boots the OS selected at the last
> selection point. I also must keep the option of chosing to boot the
> non-selected OS.

Hmm. Can I ask why this nice, crystal-clear statement of the problem was not
in your first post? :)

Are you running Grub? You can change the contents of the Grub configuration
file from Linux after booting into Linux, but you can't from Windows.

-- 
Paul Lutus
http://www.arachnoid.com


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