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Thread ID: 79369 2007-05-17 10:46:00 Grub dual boot - OS sequence? Murray P (44) Press F1
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550692 2007-05-17 10:46:00 A quick question. Mepis 6.5 dual booting with win2k. I want to change the default boot order in Grub from Mepis to Windows (I know, I know, a terrible thing to do, but as windows is the first system I boot in the morning, I want to hit the button without fiddling). Existing Grub menu list below:

timeout 15
color cyan/blue white/blue
foreground ffffff
background 0639a1

gfxmenu /boot/grub/message

title MEPIS at hdb1, newest kernel
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb1 nomce quiet vga=791 resume=/dev/hdb4
boot

title MEPIS at hdb1, previous kernel (if any)
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz.old root=/dev/hdb1 nomce quiet vga=791 resume=/dev/hdb4
boot

title MEPIS at hdb1, kernel 2.6.15-27-desktop
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-27-desktop root=/dev/hdb1 nomce quiet vga=791 resume=/dev/hdb4
boot

title Windows at hda1
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

title MEMTEST
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin


Now, my understanding is the OS order is controlled by denoting "default 0" sans quotes would boot Mepis first and if Windows first it would be "default 3". So, my question is, can I just chuck "default 3" in after the "timeout 15" line thus:

timeout 15
default 3
color cyan/blue white/blue
foreground ffffff
background 0639a1

gfxmenu /boot/grub/message

title MEPIS at hdb1, newest kernel
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb1 nomce quiet vga=791 resume=/dev/hdb4
boot

yada yada yada!!!

Will that work?
Murray P (44)
550693 2007-05-17 10:56:00 :thumbs: Jen (38)
550694 2007-05-17 11:25:00 Ta Jen.


PS. Who is Os.... Ahh, better forget it :D
Murray P (44)
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