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Re: [LUG] Helping newbies

 

Julian Hall wrote:
> Eion MacDonald wrote:
>> GRUB - Dual Boot
>>
>> If dual boot with GRUB, on MBR, then on upgrade of kernel and reboot, 
>> GRUB menu.1st resets default to the linux system kernel being upgraded.
>> (at least so in SuSe, Ubuntu, PCLinuxOS, Mandriva .
> LILO does the same.. having said that it's a simple edit to perform.. 
> would be good if users know this beforehand though.
> 
> It's not rocket science to press the down cursor key and select the 
> entry that says 'Windows' though, so I don't really see the problem.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Julian
> 
Time problem
8 seconds default time reset does not give a 'newbie ' time to think 
to press down key to get windows if listed.
I reset default time to30seconds , so time to read, comprehend and act.
Regards
Eion MacDonald

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