reorder grub

Hello,

edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst file. Put the Windows entry at the top of the list and thats it. You need root permissions to do that.

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Mathias

thank you but i am brand new to this system so i dont know where to go to edit that and how do i get root permission!!

Hello Christoph,

open a terminal (Press Alt+F2 and type gnome-terminal) at the command prompt type sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

in that file you find a section like this and then cut the windows part and paste the part before the Ubuntu part.:

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-16-generic
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-generic root=UUID=4a36e0ef-88f8-4d23-ba9b-72cc64a49286 ro quiet splash locale=de_DE
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-16-generic
quiet
savedefault

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-16-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-generic root=UUID=4a36e0ef-88f8-4d23-ba9b-72cc64a49286 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-16-generic
quiet

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title Other operating systems:
root

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/hda1
title Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1

br
Mathias

i did exactly what you said and it popped up a menu titled menu, lst (/boot/grub) - gedit but there is nothing in it. its a blank screen.

Thanks Mathias Uebelacker, that solved my question.

Hi, I've been trying this but get exactly the same - just blank screen even if I copy and paste the command. The previous posts are a few years old, maybe the process has changed a little since then?

Pete