Thread: How do I change the boot order of Operating Systems?

I am operating on Linux Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) and Microsoft Windows XP dual booting (on separate HDDs) how to generate it that XP is the primary choice (default) boot option in GRUB

Boot to Ubuntu Operating System. Let off the terminal and go into sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst. (Its a "L" and not "1").

Look for for the statement "default" in the subsequently window. Modify "default 0 ". Insert the number equivalent to windows XP (default N if N was the line no. for XP entry) item first name in your boot list. And that will do it. Please create a backup of the menu.lst file before editing in case if you perform something wrong.