Re: WindowsXP & Fedora Core 6 - Changing the default OS

[Todd Denniston]

nac1987 wrote:
> I'm an absolute novice with linux!
> I desperately need a step-by-step guide as to how to stop GRUB v0.97 booting
> linux instead of windows by default; may sound simple to you pro's but to me
> it's a big problem!
>
> Notes
> linux & winxp are on separate HDs
> win xp was installed first, then linux alongside grub
> grub calls windowsxp 'other' on the bootloader


http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Configuration.html#Configuration

in /boot/grub/grub.conf
the line you want to modify is, I believe, 'default #'.
count how many entries there are _before_ the 'other' entry and put that 
number as the # after default.
you _may_ want to set 'fallback  #' to the # currently set 
originally/currently as default.

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Todd Denniston
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