How to configure Grub so Puppy boots by default?

[milesteg]

I have loaded Dingo plus to my "puppy" computer hard drive. All is well. What I would really like is to avoid having to select the OS at start up time. This confuses other non-computer-savvy people in my house who will be using it.

This is a pure puppy computer, I would like to have others push the on button an have it boot from there. I checked a bit but can't find what I am looking for.

Any help is appreciated.

Milesteg

[aragon]

hi milesteg,

backup /boot/grub/menu.lst first. than:

1 .to set an option as standard use

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default 1

in the global section. be aware the grub counts up from 0. so 1 would be the second boot-option in your list.

2. for autostarting the entry use

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timeout 8

also in the global section. 8 means the grub waits 8 seconds before it starts the highlighted item.

cheers
aragon