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Name: Warith Date: May 4, 2006 at 06:23:03 Pacific OS: win xp pro & linux fedora CPU/Ram: AMD / 1 GB of RAM
Comment:
am having to OS win xp & fedora 5
when boots it shows 3 sec to choose between WIN XP & fedora else it login to fedora i want to change it to login win xp by default if i didnt click anything instead of login to fedora...
It depends on whether you are using grub or lilo to boot. If it is grub just edit grub.conf and change the default from 0 to 1 (as a guess, you may have to use 2 or 3 depending on ho9w many entries you have). If it is lilo, edit lilo.conf and change the default to point to the label of the windoze boot, then run lilo as root to write the change back to your MBR.
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Name: Warith Date: May 5, 2006 at 21:55:05 Pacific
Summary: How to load lilo in MBR, and then how to set to choose the OS for booting? I have win 2000 (professional) on NTFS partition & Redhat 7.0 on the linux patition. Both are working fine independetly. I us...
Summary: Hi, I have Linux as my default bootup for Lilo. I want to have the initial screen where I choose which OS I want to install up for 60 seconds. Right now, if I do not push anything, Linux loads within ...
Summary: You need to install LILO (LInux LOader). It's one of the Linux bootloaders (and the one used by Redhat) which will allow you to choose which OS you want to boot when you start your computer. Read the ...
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