12-06-2006
i wanted to do this back when i started using grub (and soon after taking up linux) because if you still use windows as your main or default system, then it's logical to want to put it at the top of the list.
You might not have noticed, seshumohan, but inside menu.lst or grub.conf, you can also change the identifiers (eg: dos) to say something more meaningful (eg: MS Windows 2000) and this will appear in the list instead at boot time.
This is a funny question also because i think with lilo you specify the list position explicitly in the config file using 0,1,2 etc (don't you?) so, anyone used to lilo, and starting to use grub might not think of rearranging the entries to get the same effect.
9 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting
1. Debian
ok so i have two HDs on my PC, on the 1st one (master) i have w2k running, i decided to install debian on the second (slave). During the install, i was asked if i wanted to install grub, i said yes.
Now debian starts just fine. Windows on the hand now takes forever to load (ie like two minutes... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: jad
4 Replies
2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi, I installed solaris 10 a few weeks ago. It was working fine during the past two weeks. However, now when I start to load to the drive, I get this problem:
The BIOS screen comes up like normal, then screen goes blank and a message "Grub loading stage 2" flashes real quick then the computer... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: moesays
1 Replies
3. Solaris
When I boot up with the first install disk I get this error message...
ERROR:28 Selected item cannot fit into memory
I've read alot of information about this being a bug with the GRUB loader and several people's posts about getting around this by using Solaris Express instead.
Does anyone... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: Tekkie
6 Replies
4. Ubuntu
i was dual booting vista and ubuntu but i have now taken off vista. however the microsoft bootloader is still in the list. how do i get rid of it and automatically boot into ubuntu? (13 Replies)
Discussion started by: bcbotha
13 Replies
5. Linux
Booting Problem:
Error 25: Disk read error25: Disk read error This error is returned if there is a disk read error when trying to probe or read data from a particular disk.
Does this meant I will have to change my hard drive with a new one or will this be resolved by formatting or wiping out hard... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: etcpasswd
3 Replies
6. Solaris
hi , was using solaris in dual boot with xp , then I ' ve installed ubuntu too . The solaris grub has been in some way damaged , maybe because during the linux installation i've delete an old partition that I was not using by some months. It's normal that the solaris grub has been overriden by... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: freeware
7 Replies
7. Red Hat
Hi,
Can we specify which grub.conf to use while installing grub on RHEL.
We are working on application which requires different grub configurations needed, depending on certain criteria we need to update grub with correct grub.conf.
Can we use grub-install for this purpose? (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: successlin
4 Replies
8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
can someone please explain me the difference between these two files:
"/boot/grub/grub.conf" and "/etc/grub.conf" .. (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: stunn3r
7 Replies
9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi everyone,
I am having trouble of understanding the concept of GRUB bootloader in Linux.
My questions are-:
Do we install GRUB first and then install Linux ?
Does GRUB act as a bootloader for Windows if we are trying to dual boot Windows and Linux ? Or does GRUB load the Windows... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: sreyan32
4 Replies
LEARN ABOUT SUSE
uuid_compare
UUID_COMPARE(3) Libuuid API UUID_COMPARE(3)
NAME
uuid_compare - compare whether two UUIDs are the same
SYNOPSIS
#include <uuid/uuid.h>
int uuid_compare(uuid_t uu1, uuid_t uu2)
DESCRIPTION
The uuid_compare function compares the two supplied uuid variables uu1 and uu2 to each other.
RETURN VALUE
Returns an integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero if uu1 is found, respectively, to be lexigraphically less than, equal, or
greater than uu2.
AUTHOR
Theodore Y. Ts'o
AVAILABILITY
libuuid is part of the util-linux-ng package since version 2.15.1 and is available from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-
ng/.
SEE ALSO
uuid(3), uuid_clear(3), uuid_copy(3), uuid_generate(3), uuid_is_null(3), uuid_parse(3), uuid_unparse(3)
util-linux-ng May 2009 UUID_COMPARE(3)