Assistance with changing menu boot order

[tonyps]

Hi all,
Laptop is dual boot (Vista/Ubuntu 9.0.4) I have pasted a copy of the menu.lst file for my laptop. I want to edit it so that Vista menu entries are the the first items in the menu when the machine boots up (for work reasons)...could someone advise how to safely do this?
And, please:
how to make a backup of menu.lst before hand, incase something goes terribly wrong here...
Also, how to I remove/edit out or comment out so they do appear in the boot menu, the older menu kernel updates entries since the latest one has been working ok...
Many thanks!!
Tony ...

# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
# grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
# grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
# and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.

## 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

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout 10

## hiddenmenu
# Hides the menu by default (press ESC to see the menu)
#hiddenmenu

# Pretty colours
#color cyan/blue white/blue

## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
# password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret

#
# examples
#
# title Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader +1
#
# title Linux
# root (hd0,1)
# kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#

#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=UUID=049eadf6-fbac-4061-aa05-e7ca76e8bfc2 ro

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=049eadf6-fbac-4061-aa05-e7ca76e8bfc2

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
## alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
## lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash

## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
## lockold=true
# lockold=false

## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=

## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
## altoptions=(recovery) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
## howmany=7
# howmany=all

## specify if running in Xen domU or have grub detect automatically
## update-grub will ignore non-xen kernels when running in domU and vice versa
## e.g. indomU=detect
## indomU=true
## indomU=false
# indomU=detect

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
## memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false

## ## End Default Options ##

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-16-generic
uuid 049eadf6-fbac-4061-aa05-e7ca76e8bfc2
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-16-generic root=UUID=049eadf6-fbac-4061-aa05-e7ca76e8bfc2 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-16-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-16-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 049eadf6-fbac-4061-aa05-e7ca76e8bfc2
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-16-generic root=UUID=049eadf6-fbac-4061-aa05-e7ca76e8bfc2 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-16-generic

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-15-generic
uuid 049eadf6-fbac-4061-aa05-e7ca76e8bfc2
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-15-generic root=UUID=049eadf6-fbac-4061-aa05-e7ca76e8bfc2 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-15-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-15-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 049eadf6-fbac-4061-aa05-e7ca76e8bfc2
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-15-generic root=UUID=049eadf6-fbac-4061-aa05-e7ca76e8bfc2 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-15-generic

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-14-generic
uuid 049eadf6-fbac-4061-aa05-e7ca76e8bfc2
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-14-generic root=UUID=049eadf6-fbac-4061-aa05-e7ca76e8bfc2 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-14-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-14-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 049eadf6-fbac-4061-aa05-e7ca76e8bfc2
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-14-generic root=UUID=049eadf6-fbac-4061-aa05-e7ca76e8bfc2 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-14-generic

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic
uuid 049eadf6-fbac-4061-aa05-e7ca76e8bfc2
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=049eadf6-fbac-4061-aa05-e7ca76e8bfc2 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 049eadf6-fbac-4061-aa05-e7ca76e8bfc2
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=049eadf6-fbac-4061-aa05-e7ca76e8bfc2 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic

title Ubuntu 9.04, memtest86+
uuid 049eadf6-fbac-4061-aa05-e7ca76e8bfc2
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title Other operating systems:
root


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda2
title Windows Vista (loader)
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda3
title Windows Vista (loader)
rootnoverify (hd0,2)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1

[cariboo]

Probably the easiest way to solve the problem is to install startupmanager, it is in the repositories. Once installed, it will let you set boot order, colors and even backgrounds.

[Benchamoneh]

First make your backup

sudo cp /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/menu.lst.bak

Then all you need to do is open your menu file in gedit with

sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

And select the following code from the bottom of the file


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda2
title Windows Vista (loader)
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda3
title Windows Vista (loader)
rootnoverify (hd0,2)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1

Then cut and paste it just after where it says


## ## End Default Options ##

That will move them. GRUB runs through the boot options in the order that they appear in menu.lst so moving them there will place them at the top of GRUB.