Change boot order: Difference between revisions

From Fab Lab Wiki - by NMÍ Kvikan
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Jorgen (talk | contribs)
How to change boot order in grub.
 
m addin Category:Tutorials tag
 
(3 intermediate revisions by one other user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
If you have dual boot on your pc and want to change boot order in grub.
If you have dual boot on your pc and want to change boot order in grub.  


sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst  
 
or if you have Ubuntu 11.04
 
sudo gedit /etc/default/grub
 
To change the default boot option, you just need to change the GRUB_DEFAULT parameter. 0 Then save and write:
 
sudo update-grub
 
<br>
 
== If you want to delete other versions  ==
 
*Go to Synaptic package manager
**Search for the versions that you don't want to have (e.g. 2.6.2
**Select the ones that are already installed, right click and Mark for Removal. -&gt; Mark
**Linux headers, generic and image.
**But be sure not to delete the version that you want to have on your computer.
*Click on apply
 
 
[[Category:Tutorials]]

Latest revision as of 10:11, 30 August 2014

If you have dual boot on your pc and want to change boot order in grub.

sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst 

or if you have Ubuntu 11.04

sudo gedit /etc/default/grub

To change the default boot option, you just need to change the GRUB_DEFAULT parameter. 0 Then save and write:

sudo update-grub


If you want to delete other versions

  • Go to Synaptic package manager
    • Search for the versions that you don't want to have (e.g. 2.6.2
    • Select the ones that are already installed, right click and Mark for Removal. -> Mark
    • Linux headers, generic and image.
    • But be sure not to delete the version that you want to have on your computer.
  • Click on apply