I have Windows Vista Home Premium and Linux Mint Gloria Main. Currently, Vista is the first choice, but I want to switch them. How do I do this?
Grub uses either /boot/grub/menu.lst or /boot/grub/grub nf to decide that sort of thing. It's usually a text file and it generally accesses menu.lst but on Gentoo for example that's just a link to grub nf. So do an ls -lt /boot/grub/menu.lst and if it's not a link open it in a text editor (using sudo or gksudo) and change the boot order in the file. For lilo it is stored in /etc/lilo nf. Again that is a text editor so just edit it to change the order. Once you finish though, there is one more step. Type lilo after you close it and before you reboot. This will tell the boot loader to use the new configuration file. Depending on your boot loader you should be able to get lots of information by opening a terminal and typing either info grub which calls up the manual for using grub and making it do what you want to, or man lilo which gives you a good description of lilo. I recommend using both programs to learn about your system.
click on the vista desktop then hit F1 key type default operating system in the search
Tell me which boot loader you are using grub or lilo
