I just finished installing Kubuntu 10.04. I'd used Kubuntu way back at 6.06, but with a couple of new computers in between, feel like a newie.
My system's primary OS is Win XP, which is installed on a 160 GB HD. I have a second 300 GB HD on which I've installed Kubuntu 10.06. The installation seemed to work fine - so far. The only problem is, when I boot, I get the GRUB boot list with Kubuntu as the default selection, but I can't change the selection to boot into Windows. It's like the keyboard cursor keys are dead...no way to move the selection up or down, and the timer runs too fast to let me read the screen to see if I'm supposed to do something other than cursor keys to change the selection.
So, I have two questions...
(1) how do I select my Windows OS from the GRUB boot list during boot?
(2) where is the GRUB config file that I used to be able to edit in a text editor, to change the default selection, and also the length of time before booting to the default? I looked in /boot/GRUB and didn't find anything right off that looked like the right file. I need to default to Windows for my wife's benefit.
Thanks!
Optiker
My system's primary OS is Win XP, which is installed on a 160 GB HD. I have a second 300 GB HD on which I've installed Kubuntu 10.06. The installation seemed to work fine - so far. The only problem is, when I boot, I get the GRUB boot list with Kubuntu as the default selection, but I can't change the selection to boot into Windows. It's like the keyboard cursor keys are dead...no way to move the selection up or down, and the timer runs too fast to let me read the screen to see if I'm supposed to do something other than cursor keys to change the selection.
So, I have two questions...
(1) how do I select my Windows OS from the GRUB boot list during boot?
(2) where is the GRUB config file that I used to be able to edit in a text editor, to change the default selection, and also the length of time before booting to the default? I looked in /boot/GRUB and didn't find anything right off that looked like the right file. I need to default to Windows for my wife's benefit.
Thanks!
Optiker
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