dual boot ?'s

[KH85]

Just wondering if i can make me system load windows from boot instead of windows? if you dont get what i mean ill try and explain a lil better..

When i turn PC on it will boot and then will boot into Linux (i have dual boot) i wish to make windows the 'Primary' OS instead of linux so it will load windows from when i turn it on and not linux (from when i chose the OS)

Thanks in advance

 

[magomago]

What OS do you choose? What i do in gone/kde is somwhere look for the control center/configuration/whatever and then just go to the options and pick your win setup as the primary...though ATM linux is my main boot

 

[KH85]

I am running Mandrake 9.1 and Windows XP Pro atm and would like to make XP primary rather than Mandrake

 

[Ynog]

What boot loader are you using.

Usually all you have to do is change which one it loads by default.

 

[Ynog]

If you are using grub:

The file grub.conf resides in the/boot/grub directory. This holds the information to which OS would be loaded by default.
Check out for the below text in the file # Start Entry 0 by default default 0 timeout 10 At the end of this file booting
definitions of the various OS would be there one after the another The first one would be the index 0. So specify the
appropriate one in the "default" and reboot. The next boot effects the change in the boot order


Lilo: Go to your /etc/lilo.conf file
Default should be a label. Most likely will say linux. Change it to be whatever the label for Windows XP says.
After making the change you have to run /sbin/lilo -v to make the change.
I usually to /sbin/lilo -t -v first just to make sure it works. -t is test. And you don't want to mess up the boot record.
then /sbin/lilo -v to change it.

After you reboot in both cases it should be changed.

 

[KH85]

well i installed XP First then i installed Mandrake, so it is the Linux Boot Loader (i think) how do i go about changing this?

 

[Ynog]

Ok you are either using grub or lilo? It should tell you when you are in the bootloader. Either Lilo or Grub.

 

[Ynog]

Not sure about Mandrake, which one it defaults to, however if you have an /etc/grub.conf file its probably grub.
If you have an /etc/lilo.conf its probably lilo.

 

[KH85]

ok thanks alot

 

[Crusty]

Mandrake defaults to lilo, just change the default=linux to default=WinXP(or whatever your WIndows label is)

 

[civad]

Mandrake also has a GUI for bootloader configuration. Type drakconf as root in the terminal window and look around. Make sure you backup your /etc/lilo.conf file before you try anything.