to boot the 3rd menu entry as default
modify /boot/grub/menu.lst
change the "default 0" option to "default 2"
Please note the first title entry is 0 and then 1,2,3 etc
default=2
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz ?
hiddenmenu
title Fedora Core (2.6.10-1.741_FC3)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.10-1.741_FC3 ro root=LABEL=/
initrd /initrd-2.6.10-1.741_FC3.img
title Fedora Core (2.6.9-1.667)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=LABEL=/
initrd /initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img
title windows xp
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
