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GRUB Bootloader After the Ubuntu boot options, there will be an entry “Other operating systems” and beneath that “Windows Vista/Longhorn loader”. By default Ubuntu will load itself after 10 seconds, but you can select the Vista option and Vista will boot normally. Configure GRUB If you want to modify how GRUB handles the new dualbooting environment, you need to edit the boot menu. Boot into Ubuntu and open up a Terminal window (Applications, Accessories, Terminal), and type in: sudo cp /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/menu. lst_bak and enter your root password when asked – this makes a backup of the GRUB menu file just in case things go wrong. Next, type in: sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu. lst Dualboot – Configure Boot Menu This opens up the boot menu as a text file in gedit….. Dualboot – Boot Options There are loads of options you can change, but only a couple that you’re likely to be interested in. The default boot entry is defined by the “default” value. The default value is 0, which means that the first entry in the list (which is Ubuntu) always gets loaded. If you want to make it so that Windows Vista loads by default, change the value to 4,

as Vista is the fifth item in the list (the numbering system starts at 0 and “Other operating systems” counts as a line). The other way to load Windows Vista by default is to change the value for “default” from a numerical value to “saved”. Then, GRUB will load whichever boot entry has been marked with “savedefault”. If you scroll down the list and have a look at the entries, you’ll notice that both the main Ubuntu entry and Windows Vista have been marked with “savedefault”. Remove the value for Ubuntu and Windows Vista will launch by default.How to dual-boot Vista with Linux (Vista installed first)? 29th May 2007? James Bannan? Vista , Windows Updated 29 May 2007 to use Ubuntu 7.04 rather than 6.10. Scenario : You want the simplest way to dual-boot Vista and Linux. You’ve already installed Windows Vista and now want to dual-boot it with Ubuntu 7.04 Summary of tutorial [Download] Source: grandcomputers.org