Comments on: How to make Windows Vista boot first using GRUB in Ubuntu

By: Alle

Alle — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:12:39 +0000

Thank you, very helpful!
If u want it to work, Just type

1. sudo apt-get install gksudo
(type yes)
2. sudo apt-get install gedit
(type yes)
3. gksudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
4. Change the default from 0 to your current XP/Vista/Win7 number.

It worked for me without this steps on Ubuntu, but Kubuntu and BackTrack4 requires this steps!

By: quick question

quick question — Fri, 22 May 2009 08:21:36 +0000

Thanks for posting this, I am going to try this.

I already have vista, and I just installed ubuntu 9.04 on a 2nd HD, and grub is installed. When i reboot my computer, I see grub, and the option to choose vista is there. HOwever, I can’t scroll down to it with my keyboard and it just automatically pops into ubuntu!

I am going to try what you have posted so that I may get onto vista.

Does this sound like a hardware issue? I installed Cygwin a while ago, and had this trouble, except that it would jump straight into vista.

Any clues to what might be happening? Thanks.

By: nilim

nilim — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:42:07 +0000

i tried to change the time but i couldn’t. it shows =
The program ‘timeout’ is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install timeout
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run ‘dpkg –configure -a’ to correct the problem.
dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege

By: tithen

tithen — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 07:31:37 +0000

thank-you so much

By: vdawg

vdawg — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:52:25 +0000

I guess I should have read to verify that the post didn’t work when firefox hung on me. –enjoy y’all

By: vdawg

vdawg — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:51:15 +0000

To fix the Vista recycling back to grub error, boot on a vista disk, let it detect and correct the error. After that, both Ubuntu and Vista will start fine.

By: vdawg

vdawg — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:45:41 +0000

That problem with Vista just cycling back to grub is caused by a twitch in Vista’s boot database. I fought that for a week on my brother’s computer. He bought it without a vista disk. Once I got a copy of a Vista disk, I just booted up on it and used it’s menu to detect and fix the boot error. Then both Ubuntu and vista booted fine. –enjoy

By: umi

umi — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:21:48 +0000

Thank you so much…it works
in a minutes ..after long long time searchin’…
GOD bless you….

By: Brandon

Brandon — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 06:30:58 +0000

I’m new to Linux and recently install Ubuntu. I have two HDs running XP on the first and the second has Vista with a second partition for the Ubuntu install. The install was successful but when I restart and Grub appears, if I select the longhorn loader, my computer restarts and then re-enters grub. Its akin to some endless loop I can’t get out of and access the longhorn loader. I can boot into ubuntu no problem. Any suggestions?

By: Kareem

Kareem — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:40:29 +0000

thanks this was a very helpful post !!

By: person

person — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:16:05 +0000

Ok, I made that change. Vista boots first, but now linux can’t mount it’s partition

By: person

person — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:05:40 +0000

thanks, I missed the sudo part *(slap forehead)*. I guess I’m just not that smart. Sorry

By: Mr. Dew

Mr. Dew — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:29:39 +0000

if you type ’sudo ls’, you’ll be prompted for the password. Is that password correct in the first place?

By: person

person — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:40:47 +0000

I got all that, but my v8.04 says I don’t have permission to save menu.lst; even though I typed my password correctly.

By: Elsa

Elsa — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 06:46:59 +0000

Thanks this was very helpful to me. I l’ve been loking for this all day.