dual boot

[herbertg]

Instead of the boot sequence being vista by default is there anyway to change it to ubuntu.

[wolfen69]

sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
then, at the bottom of the text file, you will see all the entries for grub. simply move the vista section to where you want it.

[Jakey_TheSnake]

(i.e. below the first Ubuntu option)

If we have misunderstood, please rephrase.

[cariboo]

An even easier way to set the default boot instead of rearranging the menu is to change this line in /boot/grub/menu.lst:


## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not use 'savedefault' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default 0

Count down the menu list starting at zero to the OS you want to boot by default. In my case when I was dual booting Windows was usually the 5th entry, so you would change default to 4.

Jim