In a terminal type:
grep menuentry /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
This will display all your grub entries
Highlight the entry you want to default to - for example Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda1) Right click and choose copy
Type
gedit /etc/default/grub
Change the entry
GRUB_DEFAULT=0
to
GRUB_DEFAULT="Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda1)"
i.e. paste the entry you want (including the quotes)
Save, then type
grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
Seems like you are trying to run gedit as root. For gedit to work this way, use "gedit -s /etc/default/grub"
This disables the dbus check so it can be used as root.
First Move to SuperUser
su
Then search the grub menu entries of your grub
grep menuentry /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
Now edit the grub config by an editor
vi /etc/default/grub
Change the timeout and the GRUB_DEFAULT=0 to GRUB_DEFAULT="Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda1)" The "Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda1)" thing is for Windows 7. You can find your text from the grep menuentry /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
Now save and close form text editor and type the command
grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
You are all Done!!
Other than the timeout, how does this differ from the existing answer? Why change the timeout, anyway?
Asked: 2012-06-16 05:44:25 -0600
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you should read this -> http://ask.fedoraproject.org/question/526/dual-boot-fedora-16-windows
Unfortunatly it did not work for me, after i've gone through the process of setting windows 7 to a default, after doing these commands, my fedora crashed and i couln't login onto desktop anymore :(. I get sendmain starting, hangs there and that's it, no splash sreen shows up, nothing! Any one can tell, if there is another way to fix the boot order, like a graphical interface? Thanks!