There are two ways setting the default boot using editing a grub file. It is also possible to hide the grub boot menu (for your sister) and only show it by pressing the shift key. Grub2 can be set to boot any system by default, but to change the order they appear in would be difficult.

Now, on boot, you will AUTOMATICALLY boot to the default menu option, UNLESS you hold down the Shift-key at boot time. Uncomment the line '#GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0', to look like: GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0 Edit setup file sudo gedit /etc/default/grub NOTE: The user just needs to hold down the Shift key (on startup), to again see the Grub2 menu.ĭ. The PC will auto-launch whatever the default option is on startup. Hide the Grub2 menu, and use the default menu option.ĭescription: This both hides the startup menu, and shortens the (usually 10 second) timeout. Now, on boot, you will AUTOMATICALLY default to MS Windows. WARNING: Just setting ' GRUB_DEFAULT=n', will NOT work after kernel updates, etc. Set the boot default to your Windows boot partition (eg.) GRUB_DEFAULT=”Windows 7 (loader) on /dev/sda1″ List your current menu items sudo update-grubī. Make Windows (ANY variant) the default Grub2 menu option.ĭescription: This sets Windows as the default boot option, and (with NO user action) the PC will auto-launch Windows on startup.Ī.

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