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I have a line that says "default 0". I suspect that will allow you to choose the nth item. On 8/7/07, Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Quoting Michael Mortimore <nospamformike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > >> > Is there a program to change the boot order choices ? > >> Um... can't you just edit the grub config files? > > surely that would be to change the boot choices order. > > > > I was going to say, I've certainly changed the choices on the grub > boot menu by altering the grub.conf file. I had an annoying problem > where my work laptop would boot into Ubuntu by default which was great > for when at home but a pain when using the laptop for work. For some > reason the Save Default option in Grub didn't work. I can't off the > top of my head remember how I fixed it, I think set it up so the nth > menu option (option 3 on the list I think) was the default. Saying > that, when I upgraded the kernel the menu items changed so it ended up > booting into an older kernel. > > I did do a quick google search just now and found something relating > to Grub Menu Editor. Looks like the Gnome System Tools is supposed to > have such a thing although I can't say I've found anything relating to > it. > > I suppose what would be ideal is being able to either select a default > item (as you can with XP when you go into the system properities or > having some sort of editor which allows you to change the order in the > list and set the default. > > Rob > > > Rob > > > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html