Reply To: dual boot Dell laptop

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Posted by duncan webster on 14/01/2021 20:30:28:

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What I need to work out now is how to get W10 to the top of this list so that when windoze is doing its interminable 'you must resart your computer' updates I don't have to sit there all the time.

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Grub can alter the boot order. Boot the system and note where in the list of operating systems Windows is. Usually linux is first, windows is second, and memcheck is at the end.

In linux, edit the grub config file with:

sudo nano /etc/default/grub

Find the line

GRUB_DEFAULT=0

0 means 'boot from the first item in the list, so if Windows is second then

GRUB_DEFAULT=1

will start Windows by default rather than linux,

Any of the listed o/s be made default by changing GRUB_DEFAULT to the appropriate index number.

Saving /etc/default/grub doesn't activate the change. To do that run sudo update-grub as described by John Alexander.

Dave

 

Edited By SillyOldDuffer on 14/01/2021 21:21:24