Re: Idle thoughts or question re: dual booting and grub default !?
Thanks once again Mikkel; On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 17:51 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: William Case wrote: Hi; If you don't boot Windows often, and you normally want to boot Linux the next time you boot after running Windows, you could try Booting once-only setup in Grub. This is explained in detail in the Grub Info page, so I will not go into setup details. But what it does is tell Grub to boot a specific entry the next time you boot, and as part of the entry, it sets things back to the original default. Note - it does not look like Fedora has the grub-set-default script file talked about, but your script could write the /boot/grub/default file. I have not used this under Fedora, but I have done it under Mandriva many times. Another option, if you have ext2 support under windows, would be that not have the menu entry reset the default boot, but have a Windows script that changes the /boot/grub/default file. In any case, you are going to want to change: default=0 to default saved Mikkel I found http://sidvind.com/wiki/GRUB:_Boot_another_OS_once because of your post. It seems to have everything I need. A pointer in the right direction and a suggestion of some google search key words or criteria was all it took. Thanks -- Regards Bill; Fedora 9, Gnome 2.22.3 Evo.2.22.3.1, Emacs 22.2.1 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: Idle thoughts or question re: dual booting and grub default !?
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 This seems rather easy to do from Fedora to Windows. The script would change the value of default in grub.conf and the reboot would take care of it. Going back to Fedora would seem like more of a problem. Also you need to tightly restrict the number of kernel entries in grub.conf. 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. -- Regards Bill; Fedora 9, Gnome 2.22.3 Evo.2.22.3.1, Emacs 22.2.1 -- === All my friends and I are crazy. That's the only thing that keeps us sane. === Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: Idle thoughts or question re: dual booting and grub default !?
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. If you don't boot Windows often, and you normally want to boot Linux the next time you boot after running Windows, you could try Booting once-only setup in Grub. This is explained in detail in the Grub Info page, so I will not go into setup details. But what it does is tell Grub to boot a specific entry the next time you boot, and as part of the entry, it sets things back to the original default. Note - it does not look like Fedora has the grub-set-default script file talked about, but your script could write the /boot/grub/default file. I have not used this under Fedora, but I have done it under Mandriva many times. Another option, if you have ext2 support under windows, would be that not have the menu entry reset the default boot, but have a Windows script that changes the /boot/grub/default file. In any case, you are going to want to change: default=0 to default saved Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
