Hi, I downloaded the latest version of ubuntu last night and installed alongside Vista. When I start my PC I get a boot manager screen (GRUB?) that allows me to choose the OS I want to run. The default OS is currently Ubuntu (if no keys are pressed the system boots into ubuntu) Does anyone know how I can change the default to be vista? There doesnt seem to be any options available from the boot manager that will allow me to do this. Thanks

I use Mandriva here, and Mandriva uses the Grub boot loader by default (although I prefer and use lilo here). I am not sure if Ubuntu is set up the same way, but if you open /boot/grub/menu.lst in a text editor (as root), you can change the line default x to point to your Vista menu item. As an example, if the line now reads default 0, (where the first menu item is Ubuntu, and the second item is Vista in your menu.lst file, you should change the line to read default 1 so Grub boots the Vista item by default. Note: Grub counts the menu items in the menu.lst file starting from item zero (0). HTH, Ernie Registered Linux User 247790

What ernie said. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GrubHowto/ChangeDefaultOS https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GrubHowto "Best Practices", Event viewer, host file, perfmon, are in my top 10

Thanks for the advice. Will try it out over the weekend Andrew