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rvpartsguy

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Registered: 2009-08-25

Posts: 4

help please -default boot(SOLVED)

hello....i am a complete newbie to arch...and i installed using the latest arch live disc......i need to know how to make windows my default boot ...as the wife insists on using windows...previously i have used debian based versions of linux..and there was a program called startupmanager that made it easy to change grub...all i am looking for here is what line to edit in grub to make windows my default

thanks for the help......

btw i did search, but couldnt find what i was looking for

Last edited by rvpartsguy (2009-08-25 01:28:09)

Trent

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From: Baltimore, MD (US)

Registered: 2009-04-16

Posts: 990

Re: help please -default boot(SOLVED)

There's a line in /boot/grub/menu.lst in the form of

default 0

The number tells grub which entry to boot (0 is the first entry).  If Windows is the third entry in your grub list, you want to change that to a 2.

rvpartsguy

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Registered: 2009-08-25

Posts: 4

Re: help please -default boot(SOLVED)

thanks for the help - i knew it was something simple