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[Boot Windows first] I have installed Ubuntu along side Win7 and wish to change the default OS that will boot

Asked by John Hughes

Ubuntu 10.10 boots as the default OS upon start up. I wish to change the default to win7. Where do I find the parm and make the change in the boot loader?

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Ubfan (ubfan1) said : 		#1

The file /etc/default/grub has a line starting "GRUB_DEFAULT" which selects which OS is booted by default.
It's probably 0 now. Change it to a higher number to select a different OS. See info grub for other options like "saved".

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Best Wayne Rodrigues (waynerod10) said : 		#2

Ubfan seems to be correct (I haven't looked into it that much, so we may be wrong).

However, if you feel thats a bit too hard, you can try using the latest version of EasyBCD (http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1) and then changing the boot preferences. Hope that helps.

Plz do not blame me if your comp gets stuffed up... I'm only sincerely trying to help.

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John Hughes (bossjh) said : 		#3

This makes sense and I believe it will work. Thanks

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#4

Another solution is, in folder /etc/grub, to rename file 40 to 15, and run command sudo update-grub

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ZipOne (2-fast-4-u) said : 		#5

Windows 7 64 bit is installed then downloaded ubuntu 10. I want ubuntu to load as the default os how can i do this?
I used wubi to install ubuntu. Can anyone help me with this?

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#6

This solution was given for install side by side, not wubi.
I don't know if it will work.
Open a new question, but link it to project "wubi" and not packet "grub2".