how to change the boot sequence?

wrapster · February 15, 2008, 8:47am

Hi all,

I have solaris and xp installed...
Usually solaris occupies the first boot slot.
So i wanted to know if it is possible to change the boot sequence to xp first and then solaris?

DukeNuke2 · February 15, 2008, 9:02am

would be nice to know which bootmanger you use...

stevie_velvet · February 15, 2008, 10:41am

what DukeNuke is saying is, you hav't provided enough information, such as have you installed a boot manager, and, cruclially, have you installed Solaris after Windows

Solaris 10 included the GRUB Boot Manager, which you can edit via /boot/grub/menu.lst (That the LInux version path at least)

More Info required

wrapster · February 16, 2008, 10:25pm

I have not installed any boot managers and yes, i did install solaris after xp

cleansing_flame · February 16, 2008, 11:24pm

on the same topic, how do i edit the boot sequence on Mac's Tiger OS

any help appreciated

jlliagre · February 17, 2008, 3:10am

The boot loader only boot one O/S, there is no sequence.
If you mean you want Windows to be boot by default instead of Solaris, just change the default entry in the /boot/grub/menu.lst file:
eg:

# default menu entry to boot
default 3

Beware that numbering starts at zero with grub.