Hi; As I think about it ... On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 13:10 -0400, William Case wrote: > Hi; > > I have a dual boot system WindowsXP on /dev/sda; Fedora on /dev/sdb. > > Some days I find myself switching between the two quite often. I can > also go weeks with no need of Windows. > > I am not sure if what I propose is possible, but ... > > I would like to create a script in Fedora, and a .bat in Windows that > changes the default in grub when selected. I would have a desktop > launcher in both systems to be used for restarting. The alogarithm > would be something like what follows: > > 1. set grub default to other OS > 2. restart > > Since re-booting takes a bit of time (particularly in WindowsXP), I > could simply click my 'restart in other OS' icon and walk away for a > fresh coffee or to make a phone call without having to catch the grub > selection screen. The normal shutdown and restart would remain the > same. > > Setting up a virtual machine is a solution but for much later for me. > > I am looking for pointers or suggestions; tips and tricks; on how these > scripts and batch files might be written; or even if they are possible > at all. > > I will take on the actual writing of them as a personal challenge. No .bat file is necessary if there is some way to write a script that selects Windows while I am in Fedora, yet retains the default Fedora boot when in Windows. Is there a way to set up a flag + an if statement or something in the grub.config file and yet retains the usual default configuration if I am not using my restart script? -- Regards Bill; Fedora 9, Gnome 2.22.3 Evo.2.22.3.1, Emacs 22.2.1 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
