You migth also want to comment out the "hiddenmenu" option - so it reads
"#hiddenmenu". This enables the menu directly without having to press
any key.
To select which OS should be loaded by default, set the "default"
setting - 0 is the "uppermost" entry.
fre, 14.01.2005 kl. 16.45 skrev Nils Breunese:
> Paul wrote:
>
> > I installed Linux (Ffedora) in one harddrive, and window XP in another
> > harddrive of the same PC. It boots from Linux, but displays the following:
> > Linux
> > Other
> > I have 5 seconds to select either of the 2 options. After 5 seconds, it
> > authomatically selects Linux if I don't select "other (the other refers
> > to Window XP)".
> >
> > I need support in configuring for the following:
> > * Change the "other" option to "Wndow XP"
> > * Change the option timing from 5 seconds to 20 seconds.
>
> Open a terminal. Type "su -" to login to root. Now, you need to
> edit /etc/grub.conf (which is a symlink to /boot/grub/grub.conf, so it
> doesn't matter which one you edit).
>
> You can use a simple text editor like nano ("nano /etc/grub.conf"), or
> vim or something else if you're more familiar with. You can even start a
> graphical editor like gedit ("gedit /etc/grub.conf").
>
> Here you can change GRUB's (GRand Unified Bootloader) settings. Change
> "title Other" to "title Windows XP" and change "timeout=3" to
> "timeout=20". That should do it. Save and exit.
>
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> Nils Breunese.
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