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TedAndrews
June 1st, 2008, 09:08 PM
Ii have just installed Ubuntu 8.04 on my pc with Win XP.
The pc boots to Ubuntu by default without selecting from the boot window.
How can I alter this so Windows XP is the default boot program.
I am just exploring ubuntu and my wife also uses the pc so XP is needed.

logos34
June 1st, 2008, 09:10 PM
Change the 'default' line in menu.lst:
http://users.bigpond.net.au/hermanzone/p15.htm#menu.lst

mrtomservo
June 1st, 2008, 09:13 PM
At a terminal type


sudo cp /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/menu.backup
sudo gedit /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

Change the default number to whatever one corresponds to your Windows installation.


## ## End Default Options ##

title Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic root=UUID=a24d3901-0aa9-4f2c-93f0-80aa280f6ed5 ro quiet splash vga=792
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic root=UUID=a24d3901-0aa9-4f2c-93f0-80aa280f6ed5 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic

title Ubuntu 8.04, memtest86+
root (hd0,1)
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/sda1
title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1

The counting starts at 0, so 0 is the main Ubuntu, 1 is the Rescue mode, 3 is the memory check, and 4 is windows.

Hope that helps!

lswest
June 1st, 2008, 09:24 PM
At a terminal type


sudo cp /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/menu.backup
sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst



Change the default number to whatever one corresponds to your Windows installation.



The counting starts at 0, so 0 is the main Ubuntu, 1 is the Rescue mode, 3 is the memory check, and 4 is windows.

Hope that helps!

he means 0 is ubuntu, 1 is the rescue, 2 is the memory check, 4 is windows (3 would be the seperator)

If you don't want to edit system files you can do:
sudo apt-get install startupmanager and then under system-->administration-->startup-manager you can choose from a drop down list the "default operating system" which is the default choice for GRUB to load.

mihailojocic
June 1st, 2008, 09:55 PM
Or just install Acronis OS selector and do that in seconds.

TedAndrews
June 1st, 2008, 10:30 PM
Thanks to All. I am now booting into XP