grub: setting a default OS?


 
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Old 06-02-2009
grub: setting a default OS?

I have a dual-boot system (just testing it out, really -- 32-bit Xubuntu 8.10 and 64-bit Ubuntu 9.04) and I'd like to set the computer to boot to the second OS unless I tell it otherwise. Is there a way to do that?
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Old 06-02-2009
edit the file /boot/grub as root user
Just change the sequence of the operating systems in it and you are done
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Old 06-02-2009
Checking the manual: just change the line 'default x' (where x is an integer) to the appropriate number (first OS = 0, second = 1, ...)
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