Additionally, if the grub timeout is way too slow, change it to three seconds for increased speed. How to change the grub 2 default timeout and boot order. How to modify boot parameters by using the eeprom command. So, the scenario is, im having two operating systems ubuntu and windows 7, installed on my computer. We can select the default os to boot using this option.
Supports both 64 and 32 bit efi firmware as well as bios. To change the order of a specific operating system, select the needed entry, then press the up or down arrow from the top panel. There are many situations that will result in a numbering change i. Set windows 10 to the default boot entry operating system. The file name etcg is a symbolic link to the g file, whose location is architecture dependent. This wont change the default entry in the grub menu, i. Grub2 is the most common bootloader for rhel 7 systems. You can also refer to it by the etcg file which is a symbolic link.
As in previous grub 2 versions, the default boot option is set by a setting of the. Grub 2 boot menu basics and how to add a custom splash image. You may wish to change which os starts as default in the grub2. Grub customizer a new graphical grub 2 and burg settings manager, 2. The default bootloader in linux is called grub, and it will boot to linux by default. Oracle linux how to change default kernel oracle community. How to change grub2 menu timeout and default boot entry. With some version of grub2, the grub2setdefault method and the script below may not work.
If you want to use your second boot entry as default then change the value to 1, to use 3 rd entry change value to 2 and so on. Probe device information for a given path or device grubreboot. If you have multiple operating systems or os versions on your computer, the option that grub chooses as the default is sometimes not the one you want. Manually addingremoving entries to grub 2 menu ubuntu. The option to change the default grub boot entry is available in grub. Type sudo nano etcdefaultgrub in your terminal and press enterhave a look at the configuration file of grub which is given belowyou can change the default boot option by locating and entering the number on which an entry appeared in the boot menu of grub. This tutorial helps you with how to change the items in the bootloader. Change grub default boot entry on linux mint sysinfo io. With some version of grub2, the grub2set default method and the script below may not work. For example, the current default os in my system is linux. With such setting, the system always boots immediately on the default menu entry, and if the. You can change the default boot target by changing the.
Removing entries to remove a usercreated menu entry, remove the applicable file from the etcgrub. Change grub background grub customizer also allows you to change the grub background and other colors so that it looks nicer than it does. Grub 2 has replaced what was formerly known as grub i. The grub2 has advanced feature as well as some basic features that makes it effective on all enterprise grade linux. Modifying boot parameters on an x86 based system booting. Grub customizer, a graphical gtk interface to configure some grub 2 settings, can be used to change the default grub boot menu order without having to manually edit configuration files, like etcdefaultgrub.
If you set the value as 0, the first operating system in the grub boot. Do not attempt to manually edit the boot menu because it is. It is better to use absolute paths when accessing to a file, as in the example above, especially when repairing a system. This entry is referred to as being the default entry and is special from the rest. Currently unable to change the default boot for kali linux 2 grub 2. How to setup boot password protection for grub2 entries. Safely boot multiple windows and linux systems on both gpt and mbr disks. In grub, the default boot menu entry was determined by the order of entries in bootgrubmenu. A symlink to the grub2 config file should be present at etcg. You can also download scroll down for the latest version the grub customizer deb package without adding the ppa.
In this guide, i will explain how to modify the grub boot loader menu on your server or desktop, how to add menu entries and add a custom splash screen image. Is there a command or way i can enter that from the grub load up screen. Starting with fedora 16, grub 2 is the default bootloader on x86 bios systems. I swear last time i set this up i could use the grub loader on launch and tell it to set the default os. Ubuntu and most other linux distributions now use the grub2 boot. If a custom file contains multiple entries, individual items may be removed and others retained. How to set default boot kernel on linux centos rhel 7. How to change the grub boot order or default boot entry in. If you are using dmraid do not change this entry to saved or your. We have seen before a simple application for changing the default os at boot, you can check it here. When options 1 or 2 are selected skip bootmenu or display a timeout respectively, see setting the menu timeout for more information, easybcd will automatically boot into the default os when turning on or restarting your pc. How to change default grub2 entries and timeout on centos. Change default kernel boot with old kernel centosrhel. Instead of changing the grub boot menu order, you can also change the default os default selected boot entry.
This guide provides to change the default grub 2 entries as well as to change the timeout according to the user requirements on respective enterprise linux that supports the grub2. One can set another grub record to be the default, using the grub2setdefault command, which will update the grub 2 environment file. If this variable is set, it identifies a menu entry that should be selected by default, possibly after a timeout see timeout. Select an os entry as default from the dropdown box after predefined you may also change other settings. How to changing the default boot entry in windows 10.
Change default bootloader from grub to windows youtube. Select windows entry and then use the up arrow button to take it to the top position. Lets say we want to edit the grub 2 menu a little, including the default selection, the timeout and other options. For upgrades of bios systems the default is also to install grub 2, but you can opt to skip bootloader configuration entirely. How to permanently change the selected boot entry in grub2. In this guide we will see how to edit manually the grub 2 boot loader configuration file to change the default os you want to boot first. The post describes changing the default kernel to a old kernel. You can either choose a predefined entry on the bootloader menu to be the default choice or the previously booted entry. The entry may be identified by number starting from 0 at each level of the hierarchy, by title, or by id. The boot configuration when using grub 2 is in the bootgrub2g file. You can change the grub boot order by modifying the settings in the file etcdefaultgrub. As you probably know, grub2 is default boot loader for most linux. Replace grub with windows 10 bootloader on dualboot youtube. How to change default boot order, and waiting time on linux multiboot duration.
How do i set the grub timeout and the grub default boot entry. Setting default entry in grub2 and grub systutorials. This guide applies only to systems using grub aka grub legacy, where menu. This tutorial will show beginners how to change the default os entry in ubuntu 20. This guide provides to change the default grub 2 entries as well as to change the timeout according to the user requirements on. Grub is useful, but for some, the menu loads way too fast.
The default directive specifies the kernel entry that grub should boot by default. How to change default os at boot for the grub 2 boot. Grub counts the kernel entries in the configuration file starting at 0. Change default kernel in oracle linux 6 and 5 oracle linux 6 and 5 use the grub boot loader. Using default entry identified with a number astonished me since it was introduction in grub. Using the id may be useful if you want to set a menu entry as the default even though there may be a variable number of entries before it. Grub 1 allowed only plaintext passwords in configs, which is not a good idea. I wanted to have window xp always set as default at boot, i would set. This article is largely based on things to know about grub2 and is intended for those who. Grub 2 allows to use hashed passwords with salt pbkdf2 is used, which is not cthulhu worshipers chant, but passwordbased key derivation function. How to change boot orderset default boot os in ubuntu 14.
All modules are digitally signed for your security. Changing the default boot entry neosmart knowledgebase. This may be a number, in which case it identifies the nth entry in the generated menu counted from zero, or the title of a menu entry, or the special string saved. Sets the default boot entry for grub for the next boot only grubrenderlabel. Change this number to anything that sounds like it would be more comfortable like ten or fifteen, for example. Use this guide if you have multiple partitions and operating systems on your computer and want to change the default operating system that will boot up when you turn on your computer. This part comes from the complete tutorial about grub2 from the site dedoimedo, while i was searching for an help ive read his complete how to about grub2 and i really suggest to take the time to read it for a complete overview grub 2 has three main parts. That means grub2 is considering the first entry values in your boot list as default. To change the default boot kernel, you modify the grub configuration file, etcnf. Is a helper program that prints the path of a grub device grubprobe. Instead, use saved option to remember last chosen entry.
To change the grub boot menu order using grub customizer, go to the list configuration tab, select a boot menu entry and use the up and down arrows to change its position. You can now run grub2mkconfig to generate the grub config file. If you are running a windows machine that does not let you edit the efi firmware order, turn on secure boot and grub will not start windows is the only os that can be booted with this option. How to set grub to remember your last selected entry. You can check the setting default boot entry for grub2 in etcdefaultgrub method below. You can check the setting default boot entry for grub2 in etc default grub method below. How to change the os boot order on the grub bootloader.
Super grub2 disk helps you to boot into most any operating system os even if you cannot boot into it by normal means. However, to change boot parameters or any other parameters by using the eeprom command, you must become the root user. How to configure grub2 boot loader settings in ubuntu. How to correctly set up the right grub 2 default menu entry.
In this article, we would see how to change the default grub boot entry using cli. Grub2submenus community help wiki ubuntu documentation. Here is how to permanently change the selected boot entry in grub2 so when the grub menu is displayed, the first menu entry wont be selected anymore and instead, youll be able to make grub automatically select a different entry, be it windows, a linux distribution or whatever. Grub customizer, for instance, allows changing icons and colors for grub installed to the local partition, new versions of grub for instance sometimes have different resources, like one version of grub comes, by default, with a debian logo next toabove a picture of the earth, another version had a dark maroonpurple background and white text. Edit etcdefaultgrub this file contains a few interesting options you may want to change, including the default selected entry, the default timeout and additional options. Grub2 set windows as default os in dual boot with ubuntu.