Luke, The problem is to shut down Windows cleanly and have it reboot. Once it does that, the boot loader will be up and I can make my choice. I am using Grub. Is there a way to make Grub beep a few times when it starts? Thanks, John On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, Luke Davis wrote: > if you're using lilo, look into the serial keyword. > > It can make a serial port into a terminal for the boot loader, thus > allowing you to control the boo process remotely. > > On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, John J. Boyer wrote: > > > hello, > > > > We have a dual-boot machine which runs Windows for production and Linux > > for development. I operate it via ssh from my primary computer. It is set > > up to boot to Windows if no action is taken. Booting from Linux to Windows > > is simply a matter of typing reboot as root. The machine has no access > > technology. I know about the Windows shutdown procedure, but have not been > > able to get it to reboot back to Linux. Any suggestions will be much > > appreciated. > > > > John > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- Computers to Help People, Inc. http://www.chpi.org 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list