Colin D Bennett wrote: > On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:25:11 -0700 > "David Mathog" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > We have some systems which are remotely administered and dual boot > > linux and Windows. Under linux there is access to the grub config > > file, but under Windows there is not. The default grub menu option > > boots Windows. > > > > On linux > > > > grub-set-default 1 > > > > will tell grub to use the 2nd menu option (and so boot linux instead > > of Windows)) only for the next boot, so long as the grub config file > > is appropriately configured with "default saved". > > > > If this command were applied from Windows would "grub-set-default" > > require access to the grub config file, or does grub-set-default just > > store an integer somewhere in the MBR, or elsewhere in the first disk > > track? > > Are you using GRUB 2 or GRUB legacy (0.9x)?
Grub legacy. I would consider going to Grub 2 if it provided a way to "reboot <menu option #>" easily from both Linux and Windows, without Windows requiring access to the config file. Thanks, David Mathog [EMAIL PROTECTED] Manager, Sequence Analysis Facility, Biology Division, Caltech _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
