Changing Default OS

[neufelni]

We just installed Linux(Fedora Core) on our computer a few days ago, but now when we turn on the computer it boots Linux rather than Windows unless you go to the startup options and choose to boot Windows instead. How do you change Windows back to the default OS?

[md]

First, linux *should* be the default; no one wants to run windows

If you really do want to run windows instead I'm sure you cna change the grub config file or setup lilo differently. check out /boot/grub/grub.conf for grub... not sure for lilo

[Hikaru79]

Just to build on md's response, the grub conf file is located at

code:

/boot/grub/grub.conf

OR

code:

/boot/grub/menu.lst

Different distro's have different conventions. Inside that file, you will find something that looks like

code:

... default 0 ... [Linux] ... ... [Windows] ... ...

You have two choices. You can change the value of "default" to "1" (or whatever corresponds to the "Windows" header entry. Remember, it starts counting at 0, so if Windows is the fifth entry, put in "default 4"). Or, you can manually swap the order of the [Linux] and [Windows] entry (of course, make sure you cut/paste the WHOLE entry including kernel line, etc, instead of just the header.)

That should get your default back to Windows. But as md said... why?

[neufelni]

Why? Because I've never used anything except Windows before this and therefore am most comfortable with it. Also, many on the programs I use regularly are only for Windows. I think that my primary use for Linux will be programming since it comes with most compilers and interpreters.

[Tony]

Nick wrote:

Why? Because I've never used anything except Windows before this and therefore am most comfortable with it.

That alone would be an excellent reason to try something new.

Nick wrote:

Also, many on the programs I use regularly are only for Windows.

Once again, because you have "never used anything except Windows".

Most of the applications of my choice are ether Mac OSX only, or perform better than their Windows ports.