Re: [Hampshire] distro boot order in grub 1

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Author: Sean Gibbins
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] distro boot order in grub 1
On 07/08/11 11:21, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 7 August 2011 10:00, Benjamin Ashton<benashtonlakeland@???> wrote:
>> Can any of you kind knowledgeable people tell me how to change which is the
>> default distro with Grub version 1? I've got Mint and Ubuntu, with Ubuntu
>> as default, but I want it to be Mint.
>>
> Depends on the version of GRUB you have installed.
>
> If it's grub 2 (which later versions of Ubuntu use) then the default
> boot is set in /etc/default/grub, not /boot/grub/menu.lst as this file
> no longer exists in GRUB 2.
>
> Al.


Hi Al,

It's been a while!

The answer would appear to be in the quoted text, although granted there
is room for confusion about what's what where Grub is concerned,
especially for novices.

Sean

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