For novice users, dealing with Linux system files means complete suicide! Specially when it comes to the boot-loader. Imagine that you have Windows and Linux.. You want to set Windows as your default OS in the boot loader…..So, you somehow found the folder with the GRUB configuration files and started editing it. After your done, you proudly re-started your system and was greeted by a boot-loader error! Boom! Now you can’t access any OS in your system!
I think this is the normal scenario when it come to editing the boot-loader. For me, earlier, this was my favorite method! But, actually, you don’t ave to go into that much trouble to edit your boot loader. In Ubuntu, now you can use a small software called the StartUp-Manager to do the job. So, want to try it out? Lets see how to use it.
How to Use the StartUp-Manager
- First to install it, open the terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal) and enter the following command :
sudo apt-get install startupmanager
- Next go to, Main menu : System > Administration > StartUp-Manager
- Now you’ll see a screen as below :
Startup Manager
- In here, you can change :
2)The default operating system. The OS which will be loaded if you don’t do anything within the given time frame.
Note : Do not change the other settings if you don’t know what your doing!
Now you don’t have to crash your system to change your boot-loader! So, what do you think about this tutorial? Do you have a better way which you want to share with us?
by mahesh
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