I Installed Windows first and then SuSe linux on another partition. Now everytime i start my laptop, i get GRUB to load a selective boot screen of SuSe , that allows me to select :

1) SuSe Boot
2) Windows Boot
3) SuSe Safe Boot

By default the select is made on suse and the time is 10 secs, is there any way i can edit the time and the order of these bootups ? I think i could do this from linux, but how ?

Regards
Dhanesh.

I also would like to know. that's why I don't use Grub, I use Lilo.
Probably useless for you, but maybe it works rather the same way with Grub.
With Lilo :
edit /etc/lilo.conf
Then, change the default.
then issue /etc/lilo.
I used this, and now my system boots under Windows so unexperienced people know how to use it, and experienced people use the arrows to choose "Linux".

Same here I use Lilo and have a dual boot screen.

Danaseh..when you setup Suse and it gets to the writing of the bootloader you can click on the entry for Windows and then SET AS DEFAULT also you can change the time in secs how long the bootloader sequence is displayed..I have mine of 3 secs..so my gf and son can just leave the system to boot into windows...when i come to use the pc i get the choice to go into Suse..

With a working Linux build you will have to find the Grub.conf file and edit it manually it should be in the /boot/grub/grub.conf folder.
Been a LONG time since I did this but...ive checked around and this should be ok..

default 1
timeout 3
splashimage (hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title Suse Linux
root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hdh5 ro

title Windows XP Professional
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

This will give you XP as default and the timeout at 3 secs..


Hope this works!!
Good luck!

Worse case..you format and reload again ;( and then like I said..when Suse gets to the boot loader config click on the Windows entry and change it to default and you can change the timeout there too!
I bet your getting used to the Suse installer right

LOL .. hope you were sercastic mark , cause i am done with installation after installation ..

Newayz, i got into boot/grub/ and there i didnt find a file called grub.conf but rather had weird files like device.map, stage1, stage2, ohh and there was menu.lst but this file was protected as in i could see a lock on the document icon, when i go to open it i see a message saying "You donot have enough permissions to read file:///boot/grub/menu.lst" .. i am the only user so shouldnt i be the admin ? or is it like OS protected .. if so how do i view this file ?

Regards
Dhanesh.

EDIT: WOHOOOOOOO, Asta looks good tru Linux hehe, Ok i got to read the file, gosh i am a bit late in understanding .. All i had to do was get into System > File Manager > Super User Mode ..

Newayz, I see the file now and umm this is it ..


Default is 0 so leme leave that to it (but just out of curiosity, what does it do?) .. Timeout is 8 so that would be the time taken before it loads up the default selection. Now how do i go about changing this file ? Is it safe to move the entire chunk of Windows to the top and the Linux below that ?

Umm .. Ohh well could some one explain whats the whole document as in line wise ? I mean only if you have the time, else i'd go searching and i hate searching when i dont know what to search lol.

Regards
Dhanesh.



This post has been edited by dhanesh: Sep 6 2006, 03:44 PM

I would rather say that "default 0" means "default boot is the boot number zero".
Unfortunately you want the system to boot on partition 1, which is

The "default 0" thing is rather well explained in http://www.freeos.com/articles/3482/

I would try simply changing to "default 1", but i'm not sure this will not break everything and make you need to re-install Linux.

Unless you Accidently format your hard drive, then you never ever ever need to re-install linux to fix anything.

Default select the "default" entry to boot...

if default is 0, it will boot the first "Title" entry in menu.lst

if Default is 1, it will boot the second "Title" entry in menu.lst.

Timeout is the number of seconds to wait before booting the default "title"

Timeout 10 ( for 10 seconds )
Timeout 5 ( for 5 seconds )

ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS INSTALLED BY DEFAULT AS A MAN PAGE.

Always Always Always Read the Manual.

(and if you dont know what a manual is, in a command line, run the command "man man")

Ohh.. and as for Grub.conf, this is not a standard file, its just a symbolic link to menu.lst that some distro's ( redhat etc etc ) add.

hrm, why do everybody want to edit settings in Linux via a texteditor?
You know SUSE has got a nice GUI named KDE ?
No need to edit them manually.

Lets say you have SUSE 10.1 and you want to change the bootloader options:
1.) Open K-Menu
2.)Click on "System -> YaST (Control Center)"
3.)log in as su
4.)click on the system tab
5.)click on where it says "bootloader" on the right colum, it will load the bootloader
6.)edit it to your liking, done

You can arrange the order of the entries, set the default entry, rename the entries and set the time delay and of course many other things
See, there is a purpose of KDE

it is documented this way because every linux installation has a text editor.
not all linux macchines have KDE, GNOME, or even X11. for example routers / web servers.

Also...t it be a major pain in the ass if GRUB listed XORG, along with KDE as a dependancy.

And, of course, I know several KDE which don't have the menus "2.)Click on "System -> YaST (Control Center)""

Hi Dinesh,
If you want to Change youre bootloader settings
then go to directory /etc/grub.conf.

there would be a Time Out setting
you have to just edit the seting as the time you want
For Example
TimeOut=25

After that you will get the entry for the Default operating system to boot
You just have to change the numbers given as

In grub.conf file you will get the entries
0 or 1
you hav to change the 0(zero) to 1


Now press Esc
then press :wq
pres return key
now your setings are changed Enjoy!!!!!!!!!

Don't forget to reboot your system to see the caanged settings.