GRUB2 Possible Bug [Solved]

[Quicken2k]

Hi,

I'm new. I installed Sabayon last night on a spare partition and as I was installing it asked me which OS I wanted as my default I'm not the only one who uses the PC so I set it to Windows. When the install completes it Says the highlighted OS (which is Sabayon) will boot in 20 seconds. I wanted windows as my default.

I went in to system config > Advanced > Grub and it says it can't find menu.lst (so I'm assuming this is for the old grub).


How can I edit my grub.conf to make XP my default.

Quicken2k

[joeoden]

You make the change in file /etc/default/grub and then update the file as per the comment in grub

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# /etc/default/grub
# If you change this file, run 'grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.

GRUB_DEFAULT=saved
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Sabayon"
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
GRUB_TIMEOUT=10

Open the file /etc/default/grub as root with your favorite text editor and change

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GRUB_DEFAULT=saved

To

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GRUB_DEFAULT=2

Save the file
Then as root in a terminal run

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grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

[Quicken2k]

Thanks

[joeoden]

As your question was to make XP your default, could you please mark this solved as per
viewtopic.php?f=49&t=17059

[Fitzcarraldo]

Thanks, Joe, for asking the OP to mark the thread as solved. He didn't do it, so I'll do it now.