dual boot

[Jon M. Hanson]

That will only let you edit the kernel boot configuration fir that  
line. It won't let you change which one is the default. To do that  
you'll have to edit grub.conf and make the line with XP the default  
choice.

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On Aug 15, 2009, at 10:50 AM, Lyle Tuttle <L.tuttle at cox.net> wrote:

> thanks guys -- OK, the keyboard works "after" Ubuntu loads up - can  
> I then assume that it not the problem?  The machine is not in front  
> of me...
>
> Searching the forums, I don't find much, BUT, looks like I could hit  
> "e" and edit - changing the boot options so that XP is first??
>
> Would that work?
>
> At 10:42 AM 8/15/2009, you wrote:
>> Is your keyboard working at all prior to the menu being displayed?  
>> This
>> could be a situation where you're using a USB keyboard but the  
>> keyboard
>> won't work before the OS loads. If so, you will need to check your  
>> BIOS
>> settings for a "USB Keyboard Support" option and then enable it.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 2009-08-15 at 10:26 -0700, Lyle Tuttle wrote:
>> > OK, I have a system that had XP on it; I loaded Ubuntu on it in the
>> > dual-boot method, and now, when I boot the system, I can't move the
>> > selection to start it in XP...it is set on Ubuntu, and that's  
>> it......
>> >
>> > What am I missing?  I just can't move that selection highlited  
>> bar to XP.......
>> >
>> > lyle
>> >
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