cenobite Posted July 17, 2005 Report Share Posted July 17, 2005 HI ! Is there an easy way to change the bootloader to start windows automaticly (when the timeout runs out) instead of Linux with a dual boot; XP and Mandriva LE2005 ? Since I'm only trying things out..... ;-) And also... a great partition suggestion on my system: Got two SATA discs on 80GB each. They are configured with raid (two 80GB into one 160GB I think) It's been a while since I set up this computer, so it's time to reinstall everything, but with Linux as an alternative. Rest of my system: 1GB ram, P4 2,6Ghz CPU, GFFX5600(256). I've also heard that making the swap partition on another physical drive is absolutely recommended ? Best regards Thanx! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolf Posted July 17, 2005 Report Share Posted July 17, 2005 HI ! Is there an easy way to change the bootloader to start windows automaticly (when the timeout runs out) instead of Linux with a dual boot; XP and Mandriva LE2005 ? Since I'm only trying things out..... ;-) For this part, you could edit /etc/lilo.conf, then run lilo as root, or edit /boot/grub/menu.lst, if grub is your bootloader. Change the default to the number of the entry you want. Note that grub starts counting at 0. Don't know about lilo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted July 17, 2005 Report Share Posted July 17, 2005 change this line default="linux" in your /etc/lilo.conf to default="windows" and run "lilo" as root in a terminal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted July 17, 2005 Report Share Posted July 17, 2005 and run "lilo" as root in a terminal. Or rather /sbin/lilo, as I think the /sbin directory isn't on the system path by default (for Mandy). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted July 17, 2005 Report Share Posted July 17, 2005 lilo or lilo -v is enough actually. there ain't really a need to run it with the /sbin reference ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solarian Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 Or just do that through the graphical LILO conf in MCC if you don't wish to go through text files (although it's faster) [system->Configuration->Configure Your Computer -> Boot -> System Boot -> Next -> windows//modify->tick default.] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cenobite Posted July 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 Hi ! Thank you all for great information ! I will run a reinstallation soon, and will then follow your leads. Thanx ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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