Ubuntu & Grub

**adrianp918** · February 5th, 2013

is there any way to have grub not automatically start up with linux?

i have ubuntu and windows on a side by side install, and when i restart the machine it automatically goes to linux first cause it is the first one in the list of choices.

is there any way i can move the windows 7 os first in choice default and ubuntu last, i dont use ubuntu as much as i use windows but use it enough to have it on there as a choice

Thank you for your help

**SuperFreak** · February 5th, 2013

You could install Grub Customizer (it is in Software centre). In it you can change the order of Grub entries (and thereby what starts first) and the timeout period (time before it boots to OS)

**furything** · February 5th, 2013

Yes there is

Code:

sudo cp /boot/grub/grub.cfg /boot/grub/grub.bak
sudo vi /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Change vi for gedit nano vim whatever you feel comfortable with

Count the number of linux kernels and memtest (in the grub.cfg file) starting at 0
so 2 kernels 2 memtest one windows means windows is 4

Change set default="0" to set default="4"

**NobleYorkshire** · February 6th, 2013

Originally Posted by SuperFreak

You could install Grub Customizer (it is in Software centre). In it you can change the order of Grub entries (and thereby what starts first) and the timeout period (time before it boots to OS)

I searched for this in the Software center but couldn't find it (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS). I found some sort of legacy app but I don't think that was it.