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I have Ubuntu 10.10 and Windows7 installed as dual-boot on my PC. When the machine starts up, Ubuntu is first in the list of boot options. After 10 seconds GRUB ...
  1. 03-01-2011 #1
    jazzygent
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    How can I change the default boot partition

    I have Ubuntu 10.10 and Windows7 installed as dual-boot on my PC. When the machine starts up, Ubuntu is first in the list of boot options. After 10 seconds GRUB automatically boots that partition. I want to make the partition for Windows7 the default. How can I do that? I know some Unix, e.g. how to cd, gedit, etc..
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    Hi and Welcome !

    You can change default OS using Startup-Manager. If your machine has internet access then you can install it easily. Just look for it Software Center or in Synaptic Package Manager.
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    Alternatively you can edit the grub config file by adding this line to it

    GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=true
    Code:
    gksudo gedit /etc/default/grub
    update grub with

    Code:
    sudo update-grub
    Doing it that way then grub will default to whatever it is you boot last - thus you would not need to run SUM again to change the deafult.
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