Re: How to make it ALWAYS boot to XP Pro

Tech Tip: Click here to run a free scan for Windows Errors and optimize PC performance

witan wrote:


Anando and Bruce Chambers have both given a method using
"right-click My Computer > Properties > Advanced > Startup and
Recovery, Settings > Default operating system."
My computer has Windows-XP and Mandriva Linux installed on two separate
physical drives. Linux was installed *after* Win-XP, and default boot
is to Linux. The bootloader is LILO. I can't find Linux in "My Computer
Properties > > > System Startup -- Default operating system", or under [operatiing systems] in boot.ini.
I would prefer the computer to boot to Windows-XP by default, but I am
chary of trying to edit LILO for fear of messing up, because my
knowledge of Linux is limited to *using* it for a few things. Is there
any safe way of doing it after booting to Windows-XP?



You'll need to post this question in a Linux newsgroup to determine how to use Linux's boot manager to set the default OS.


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand Russell
.

Relevant Pages

  • Best Most Reliable Linux????
    ... Microsoft-produced software, I'm thinking that now may be a good time to ... secure Linux variant? ... I presume that Linux and Windows-XP PRO can dual boot on the same hardware ... Magic and Boot Magic, Linux and WIN-XP should dual ...
    (alt.os.linux)
  • Re: Characters in document file names changed on restoration
    ... dash" -, comma, parantheses, single quotes, double quotes using Alt ... The characters have not changed but their interpretation ... Prior to reinstalling Windows-XP (needed because of a ... I had also copied three entire folders to a Linux ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: Characters in document file names changed on restoration
    ... dash" -, comma, parantheses, single quotes, double quotes using Alt ... The characters have not changed but their interpretation ... Prior to reinstalling Windows-XP (needed because of a ... I had also copied three entire folders to a Linux ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: Ich bin froh,das es Linux gibt!!!
    ... >erzwingt Windows-XP? ... das Zeugs unter Linux hinzubekommen hat ein Kollege 'mal versucht. ... sondern Windows und MAC entwickelt wird. ... Varianten 'mal eben so unter Linux benutzen lassen? ...
    (microsoft.public.de.german.win98.allgemein)
  • Re: Best Most Reliable Linux????
    ... > What with all the problems I've been having with Windows-XP and other ... > Microsoft-produced software, I'm thinking that now may be a good time to ... > secure Linux variant? ... > layer disc (and I hear that dual layer RW is coming!!) ...
    (alt.os.linux)