default booting into windows

[Guest IntegraR0064]

Hey...

 

Right now I'm dual booting mandrake 9 and windows xp. I'm using the LILO bootloader. I'd like to change it so that windows boots by default (after the time limit) instead of linux. How do I do this?

[Guest SDMF]

1. open /etc/lilo.conf (as root)

 

2. Change the line that says something like "default=linux" to "default=windows" (or whatever the label attribute for your windoze partition is, look down a few lines and you'll see it).

 

3. Save the file and exit.

 

4. Type lilo and hit enter.

 

 

Then, when you reboot, it should boot into windoze by default.

[ramfree17]

4. Type lilo and hit enter.

make that

# lilo -v

so you get a verbose display of whats happening (useful if you type something wrong).

 

ciao!

[Guest IntegraR0064]

niiiiice, thanks guys!

[Guest SDMF]

4. Type lilo and hit enter.

make that

# lilo -v

so you get a verbose display of whats happening (useful if you type something wrong).

 

ciao!

 

that is true.

 

I've never touched the lilo.conf since I default boot into linux, so that's never come up for me ;)

[CanuckKev]

Okay, how do I change from the Graphic lilo to the text one???

[Counterspy]

From the Boot config section of the Mandrake Control Center. You could have used it to change the default boot as well.

 

Counterspy