SuSe 8.1 + WIN2K boot choice
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From: Raynes Park
SuSe 8.1 + WIN2K boot choice
I have a desktop with Win2k and Suse 8.1 installed on different partitions. When I boot the PC it offers me the choice of one or the other (this feature was installed by the SuSe distro hence not controlled by autoexec.bat or similar)
How to I get it to default to Windows instead of Linux i.e offer Windows as first choice and Linux/Suse as second? I suspect it's a tweak within SuSe but I can't find anything anywhere).
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Charles
How to I get it to default to Windows instead of Linux i.e offer Windows as first choice and Linux/Suse as second? I suspect it's a tweak within SuSe but I can't find anything anywhere).
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Charles
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From: Escapee from Ultima Thule
SuSe will have installed a boot loader, either Grub or LiLo.
Procedure is a bit different between the two but in a nutshell you need to locate the configuration file for the loader & change the default boot selection. The configuration file will be a plain text file so you can edit it with text editor.
Can't remember the exact details for each of these however there's plenty of info on the internet if you do a search.
Procedure is a bit different between the two but in a nutshell you need to locate the configuration file for the loader & change the default boot selection. The configuration file will be a plain text file so you can edit it with text editor.
Can't remember the exact details for each of these however there's plenty of info on the internet if you do a search.
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From: Raynes Park
Thanks all,
very good link RTFM, thanks.
TCS, the boot feature I have was installed automatically by SuSe - quite brilliant but was always defaulting to SuSe- didn't want to complicate my life with a proper boot program since I only use SuSe for fun/learning hence was wondering if there was a simple solution.
The winner is Tinstaafl - it is using Grub and editing the loader did the trick - thanks a million.
Cheers
Charles
very good link RTFM, thanks.
TCS, the boot feature I have was installed automatically by SuSe - quite brilliant but was always defaulting to SuSe- didn't want to complicate my life with a proper boot program since I only use SuSe for fun/learning hence was wondering if there was a simple solution.
The winner is Tinstaafl - it is using Grub and editing the loader did the trick - thanks a million.
Cheers
Charles
