Linux tip

[Conor026]

I have SuSe linux 8.2 and Win2000 on my machine.
But for the startup when you chose which one to run,
is there a way to set Windows as the default and not linux

 

[Ynog]

What is your boot loader?

But yes you can have it by default to run Windows.

 

[Flatline]

I think SuSE has a bootloader config widget in YAST2 where you can set the default boot image; take a look.

 

[jonmullen]

umm...there is either going to be a file /etc/lilo.conf or /boot/grub/grub.conf. They may not be the exact place, but they should be simmilar. That is the file you are looking to edit to change to boot order.

 

[Bladesonfire]

You're most likely using Grub if you chose defaults. I'm using SuSE 8.2 right now:

1. Go to YaST2 Control Center
2. Click "System" on the left
3. Click "Boot Loader Configuration" on the right.
4. Click "Available Sections" under the "Option" column, then click the button "Edit" at the bottom
5. Click "Windows" (or whatever you named your Windows partition) under the "Label" column, then click the button "Set as Default"
6. OK
7. Finish

That should be it. Beware, though. Automatically booting up in Windows means you might not make the effort to learn to work in a Linux environment. I've been there. Now I'm happily running Slackware/Dropline on my laptop (which will soon be replaced by Mandrake for the hell of it) and SuSE 8.2 on the desktop (which I'll replace with Slackware/Dropline because I love Dropline (http://www.dropline.net/)).