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I want to default boot an older Kernal of Ubuntu, what is the best way to do this?
Started by Daniel on
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by 3 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
Edit menu.lst in /boot/grub/
And set the 'default 0' to the number of the entry you want
You can select the default kernel by editing /boot/grub/menu.lst and changing
default 0
to the index by running sudo update-grub....
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I installed windows XP, vista then 7 in that order. Right now when i boot up i get a login screen where i can select which of the 3 os to use with the default highlighting windows 7. After a bit on no input it logs into windows 7.
How can i have it log...
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
Note, you.
Built into Windows, you can select which OS to default boot into and how long to wait, it might a dropdown menu under "Default operation system" where you can select which OS to default to.
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Hi, we have a temporary requirement to have several small PCs running ubuntu 9.10 running 24/7 in an environment where the mains power isn't very reliable. The machines are in a remote location and hard to get to.
The problem I'm getting is when the power...
Started by Simon H on
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by 4 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault):
] grub> savedefault --once --default=2 grub> quit Do.
This may take a long the possible completions of a device/filename .
Found: /boot/grub Probing devices to guess BIOS drives.
Installation directory ...
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Have new machine(new to me) with Win 7 Ult & Lion OSX dual boot. Both work fine, but I am not primarily a mac user and want Win 7 to boot default. BUT I cannot set the default boot system to Windows.
Neither Windows (loaded using "Option" F8 key) nor ...
Started by cnsjones on
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by 4 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at cybertechhelp):
Do you think the Easy BCD will be able to do that?
Thanks
Late boots into....
It default the default boot from OSX to Windows.
The computer is a dual boot system; runs Win 7 and also OSX.
Of this Easy BCD thing tonight.
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How to Change the Default Operating System to Start in Windows 7 and Vista
Information If you dual boot with one or more operating systems installed other than Windows 7 or Vista, then this will show you how to change the default operating system to ...
Started by Brink on
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by 4 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at sevenforums):
Dual Boot - Change OS Name in Windows Boot....
But in the root of c: I find
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1 is there a way i can add say (32)and(64)to the appropriate ones? Hello Cashis,
Yep.
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The machine is functioning fine in OSX AND in Windows 7, BUT I cannot set the default boot system to Windows.
Neither Windows (loaded using "Option" F8 key) nor OSX will let me reset the default system to Windows.
When I try using System Preferences in...
Started by cnsjones on
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by 3 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at sevenforums):
That reads like DELETING the OS, I don't want....
There you can change.
Go to the Boot tab.
Boot Tab: "Set as defaultType msconfig into start/search and hit Enter.
Did as you suggested; Will not let me do it .
With Mac systems and operations.
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When W7 was still in evaluation mode, I did a dual boot thing on one of my XP boxes. Later, I bought W7 and installed it on it's very own computer.
Now, I have an XP system that BY DEFAULT tries to boot into Windows 7. Which is no longer there. I don'...
Started by pnolans on
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by 4 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at windows7forums):
If you open boot.ini with Notepad it should read something like this:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi....
I simply re-installed W7 , then used bootmgr to change the default boot of the file to some other place.
To do it....
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Default boot option
Have the same problem reported by Len403 at Christmas. I run XP Professional on a desktop and have installed Ubuntu 11.10 alongside. I would like to keep XP as the preferred option until the family become used to Ubuntu. I downloaded...
Started by roxie on
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by 3 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at computeractive):
I downloaded StartUp-Manager and changed the default operating system to XP as....
StartUp-Manager records option until the family become used to Ubuntu .
Sro/1 Default boot option
Thanks both
Ubuntu is installed as dual boot.
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Default boot option is wrong In openSUSE 12.2 (KDE), while the machine is booting up, the green screen with Linux kernals appears. One called "openSUSE" and another called "desktop openSUSE" but both have identical numbers attached. Then there are 2 failsafe...
Started by Forkjulle on
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by 3 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at opensuse):
Re: Default boot....
You can://en.opensuse.org/User:Knurpht
http://nl.opensuse.org/Gebruiker:Knurpht Re: Default boot option.
Re: Default boot option is wrong First: there should be just two: openSUSE and Failsafe.
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Have the same problem reported by Len403 at Christmas. I run XP Professional on a desktop and have installed Ubuntu 11.10 alongside. I would like to keep XP as the preferred option until the family become used to Ubuntu. I downloaded StartUp-Manager and...
Started by roxie on
, 4 posts
by 3 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at computing):
StartUp-Manager now labels XP as the default operating system, but the machine still boots into Ubuntu unless....
I downloaded StartUp-Manager and changed the default operating system to XP as advised.
The family become used to Ubuntu.
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