[plug] Quick fix for GRUB

[Jim Householder]

---- Original Message ----
From: jonathan at pcphix.com
To: plug at plug.org.au
Subject: [plug] Quick fix for GRUB
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 01:14:37 +0900

>Hi all
>
>Being pressed for time this week, I am simply being (slightly) lazy
>and 
>also looking for a quick fix that I know will work.
>
>In short:  How do I alter a default GRUB config so that it boots
>Windows 
>XP by default.  It is currently the last option listed and must be 
>manually selected at startup (if you catch it in time).
>

You need to edit /boot/grub/grub.conf (may be called menu.lst) as
root.
Entries are numbered from 0.
Near the top of the file will be a line
  default=n
the default 'n' being 0.  Change it to the appropriate number.  If
you make it too big grub will use the last entry.

HTH
Jim