changing grub

[Gary Kirkpatrick]

On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Derek Broughton <derek at pointerstop.ca>wrote:

> Knute Johnson wrote:
>
> > Vincent Trouilliez wrote:
> >> On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:50:10 -0600
> >> Gary Kirkpatrick <pegngary at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> My wife wants windows to be the first loading choice when grub comes up
> >>> (shame on her!).  Is there a way to do that?
> >>
> >> Yep, just edit this file:
> >>
> >> /boot/grub/menu.lst
> >>
> >
> > The option is the;
> >
> > default             0
> >
> > change it to the number of your windows entry.  If you update and add a
> > kernel, you will have to do this again.
>
> Actually, not.  As menu.lst says:
>
> # Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST
>
> ### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
> ## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
> ## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below
>
> So, what you do if you _must_ have Windows first (and can't get a
> divorce...) is move the Windows stanza _before_ the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS, and
> then it will always be the first option.
>
> --
> derek
>
> She says if I want a divorce she'll take me to the cleaners.  Since the
> stock market already took half, I'd end up with nothing.
>

So if I make a mistake how can I recover? Is there a way to make a back up
of grub and then use it to get the computer going?  Or if I can't get it
going again, do I just go ahead and get the divorce anyway, unless she seeks
treatment for Windows syndrome?

gary
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