Saturday 4 June 2011

How can I get Ubuntu to auto-boot?

I%26#039;ve just installed Ubuntu via wubi and I want it to autoboot to that instead of Windows. I gather you change the boot.ini file but im not sure what to do.





Thanks|||%26quot;How do I make Ubuntu the default boot option?





Ubuntu is not installed as the default boot option, you have to select it in the windows boot menu. To change that, in windows XP go to control_panel %26gt; system %26gt; advanced %26gt; startup_and_recovery and edit the %26quot;Default Operating System%26quot;, if you want you can change the timeout as well.%26quot;





This is a quote from the official Wubi Guide found here:|||Ubuntu is not installed as the default boot option, you have to select it in the windows boot menu. To change that, in windows XP go to control_panel %26gt; system %26gt; advanced %26gt; startup_and_recovery and edit the %26quot;Default Operating System%26quot;, if you want you can change the timeout as well.|||Well, if you install Ubuntu after XP or Vista, it will install GRUB and default boot with Ubuntu%26#039;s latest kernal. You can edit the GRUB config from within Ubuntu to change boot options. (Google how, I can%26#039;t remember off-hand)