Linux Mint 8 GRUB

Yes, I have been playing with Linux again. The unfortunate receiver of my intentions was my mothers laptop. It has become so bloated and slow from Windows and anti-virus, that I have decided on a last ditch effort - LINUX!

I installed a dual boot with Windows XP and Linux Mint 8. All went smoothly at first. Since I am a habitual Linux user, I did not at first notice that Linux was loaded by default. My folks would not be impressed. Here is how to rectify the problem:

1. Open a terminal and become root.
2. Run "update-grub"
3. Count the position where Windows is listed (with the first listed = 0)
4. Edit /boot/grub.conf
5. Change default from "0" to appropriate choice.
6. Save
7. Run "update-grub" - nothing will appear different.
8. Restart the computer, and the default boot should have changed.

If it has changed, but not to the correct option, your default choice is likely out by 1 digit (where default=x).

Aastra BMS and SQLSERVER EXPRESS 2005

That is quite a mouthful - yet also appropriate for this fault. The new BMS ships with EXPRESS 2005 as a database installer. However, on a recent install I found that the software could not read from the database - no systems could be created or stored. And it was rather slow.

The resultant problem is that SQL did not have a default TCP port to connect to:

*SQL Server Configuration Manager
*Native Data Configuration -> Client protocols
*TCP/IP -> Enabled and a default port = 1433

*Server 2005 Network Configuration
*Protocols for EXPRESS2005 -> TCP/IP -> IP Adresses
*IP1 and IP All -> TCP port = 1433


If this doesn't solve the problem, are you sure SQL is running?