Mandrake bootLoader - WinXP as first choice

timothychung_at_gmail.com
Date: 02/26/05 

Date: 25 Feb 2005 18:56:36 -0800

Hi all,

I am a Linux newbie and using MandrakeLinux 10.1. I would like to know
if there is any way to have windowsXP as my first choice in the
bootLoader menu. I have tried to have the option winXP in front of the
linux one in the file /etc/lilo.conf. But it didn't work.

BTW, my real requirement is "winXP (rather than Linux) becomes the boot
option without any seletion in the bootLoader menu."

Thank you very much! :-)
Timmy

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