I'm running a dual-boot system, having installed Ubuntu 14.04 after the Windows 7 installation. GRUB, as you already know, sets Ubuntu as a default/first Operating System.
The question is: how can I set GRUB to load Windows 7 as a default/first OS?
Cheers,
Best Answer
The graphical way as mentioned before:
http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2014/04/install-grub-customizer-ubuntu-1404/
The Application is not in the Repositories of your Software Center by default. That's why you need to add a Personal Package Archive (PPA) and update the sources.
Hit Super/Win to open Dash, type soft and choose Software & Updates. Go to Other Software and click add. There you can enter the new resource
ppa:danielrichter2007/grub-customizer
. After confirm and close you would be asked to reload. Now you can search for ingrub-customizer
in your Software Center and install it.Without clicking, you can install it in your terminal (CTRL+ALT+T)
Or just change boot order in
grub
config on your own. All of the following commands need sudoers permissions. You can hit ALT+F2 and typegksu
(maybe not installed by default) in front of every command or open a terminal with CTRL+ALT+T an usesudo
to run commands with needed privilegesFirst of all backup the old config with
then open the open grub file with your favourite editor e.g. gedit
or directly open it within your terminal with vi or vim (if you know how to use)
and edit the GRUB_DEFAULT Value to the item you want to select by default (counted from zero), save the file an run
After that a new Configuration is built and you can reboot to test.
Multiple Q/A: How do I change the GRUB boot order?