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How to change the initial menu?

  • 16-09-2011 11:10am
    #1
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    hi folks.

    got a new laptop (Win7) and installed Mint 11 - it's a dual boot now.

    However, when I turn the laptop on I get a list of the OSs to use.

    Mint is at the top, and if I don't choose an OS it automatically boots into Mint.

    Can I change the order of this, so it goes into Windows automatically?


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  • #2
    Skrynesaver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,110 ✭✭✭Skrynesaver


    Grub (the GRand Unified Bootloader) can be reconfigured in grub.cfg the manual for Grub can be found here but basically you want to set the following in grub.cfg
    GRUB_DEFAULT=$ORDINAL_NUMBER_OF_DEFAULT_BOOT_IMAGE_FROM_0


  • #3
    Knasher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,370 ✭✭✭Knasher


    AFAIK mint uses grub2 and if it is anything like ubuntu it adds another menu entry for every kernel version you have installed. So I'd imagine that you may have to reedit your option every time you update it.

    So I'd advise you to edit the /etc/default/grub file instead. This section of the ubuntu docs go into it pretty well and they should be largely the same for any grub2 system. Just don't forget to call 
    sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
    after editing /etc/default/grub to update it with your changes.


  • #4
    Stuxnet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,739 ✭✭✭Stuxnet


    if your not comfortable with the above, get startup-manager from the software center, or what ever they call it on mint, run it & select window's as default boot option

    or 
    sudo apt-get install startupmanager
    in the terminal, it may even be pre-installed in mint already iirc


  • #5
    Capt'n Midnight
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    in grub it was very easy to default to the last OS chosen on the menu

    this was broken in 9.x when they changed to grub2

    looks like was fixed in 10.04 - ymmv

    http://superuser.com/questions/137875/can-grub-be-configured-to-remember-the-last-os-you-booted-into
    Change the line that reads GRUB_DEFAULT=0 to GRUB_DEFAULT=saved

    Add a line with GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=true

    That's it. Actually isn't that bad, is it? Don't forget to run sudo update-grub.

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Configuring%20GRUB%202


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