Re: Changing Boot Order

[songbird <songbird@anthive.com>]

Alan McConnell wrote:
> Assembled Wisdom!
>
> I am running wheezy, and would like to upgrade to jessie.  To
> that end I've bought a CD and a USB stick from LinuxCollections.
> My problem: when booting I can't get into my bios to change the
> boot order.  No matter what key I press, the system continues
> on with a re-boot of my old  wheezy.
>
> Details:  my motherboard is a "Military Class Motherboard", which
> I believe is also called MSI.  When the image flashed on the screen,
> only for a few seconds, I see at the bottom instructions to press
> either the F11 key, or the Delete key.  But when I press either of
> these, nothing happens.  So my question is: can I change the boot
> order from withing wheezy, after I have booted and wheezy is already
> in use?
>
> [  Yes, I should have saved the material that came with my machine.
> But I have recently moved, quite hurriedly, and I fear that the paper
> manuals were lost.  ]
>
> Thanks in advance for all help and suggestions!

  yes, it is in grub you can change which is booted first.


  the file:

/etc/default/grub

 (make backup copy if you make changes you are unsure about)


 songbird