GRUB Selection
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I remember on an earlier incantation of SimplyMepis that I had
before I did something to really scramble everything was when
I booted, GRUB would remember which bootdisk to run, ie. Windows
or Linux. When I shut down, it kept that information and when
I started again, it would default to whichever I shut down, but
still give me time to change to the other operating system if I
so choose. If I shut down in windows, it would have that as the
default. If I shut down in Linux, that would be the default.
Is this still an option in GRUB? If so, how?
I know this is not what you
Posts: 516
I know this is not what you asked for, but I have 5 different OS's on my computer and I like to choose which one I want to boot, so I put # in front of the timeout and it won't timeout. "# timeout 15" Now I can start my computer and go back to bed if I want, come back and still choose what OS I want to run. 
regards,
Jimmy
INTEL P-IV/HT 3.0GHz - 2X256 DDR3200 - SimplyMEPIS 6.0-1
KDE 3.5.4 - kernel 2.6.15-23-686-SMP - My iMAC runs Debian, Sarge
GRUB Selection
Posts: 2280
Possibly you will have to try it to be sure though i havent tried it lately.
timeout 15
color cyan/blue white/blue
foreground ffffff
background 0639a1
savedefault < Add this to your /boot/grub/menu.lst as root then reboot to check it.
jim