Grub 2, switch os when restarting

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Published on 2012-10-14T07:50:58Z Indexed on 2012/10/14 9:41 UTC
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I dual-boot with Windows and Ubuntu. Usually, when I restart my computer, it is to switch os. Is there a way to tell it to Grub so that it preselects the right os in its menu when I restart my computer?

Currently, I have the following two lines in /etc/default/grub file :

GRUB_DEFAULT=saved
GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=true

These lines make Grub preselects the os I just left. Maybe there is a similar way to tell Grub that I want it to preselect the os I use before the one I just left.

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