RE: FC2 grub defaults to oldest kernel

[Matthew Page]

If you don't mind a little file editing, you can change the default in
your /etc/grub.conf



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>  On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 12:07:52 -0500, Matthew Miller wrote:
>  
>  > On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 11:19:31AM -0500, beartooth wrote:
>  >> My past experience has been that grub automatically makes each new
>  kernel
>  >> the default boot; but on my FC2 machine the default is the oldest 
one.
>  Is
>  >> there a reason for this? Or should I fix it? And if so, how?
>  >
>  > This is addressed in FC3 -- look at /etc/sysconfig/kernel.
>  
>  I tried FC3, weeks ago -- and didn't like it. Iirc that tale of woe 
was
>  here; anyway, I'm not about to try again for another year or two.
> And
>  during that time I'll stick to FC2 -- if not go back to FC1. So what
>  should I do with FC2??
>  
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FC2 grub defaults to oldest kernel

[Beartooth]

On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 11:53:39 -0900, Matthew Page wrote:

>  If you don't mind a little file editing, you can change the
> default in
>  your /etc/grub.conf 
> > Is there a reason for this? Or should I fix it? And if so, how?
OK, the first line not commented out says "default=2" Does that mean it
will always be the second one down the list of however many, or something
else? Can I simply change the 2 to a 1?

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Beartooth Implacable, Linux Evangelist & Gadfly
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Pine 4.61, Pan 0.14.2; Privoxy 3.0.1; Opera 7.54, Firefox 1.0
Bear in mind that I have little idea what I am talking about.

FC2 grub defaults to oldest kernel

[Nils Breunese]

>  > If you don't mind a little file editing, you can change the
> default in
>  > your /etc/grub.conf
>  
>  >> Is there a reason for this? Or should I fix it? And if so, how?
>  
>  OK, the first line not commented out says "default=2" Does that mean it
>  will always be the second one down the list of however many, or something
>  else? Can I simply change the 2 to a 1? 
It means it will always be the third down the list of however many. The
count starts at 0.

Nils.

FC2 grub defaults to oldest kernel

[Beartooth]

On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 18:07:26 +0100, Nils Breunese wrote:

> > > If you don't mind a little file editing, you can change
> the default in
> > > your /etc/grub.conf
> > 
> > OK, the first line not commented out says "default=2" Does that mean it
> > will always be the second one down the list of however many, or something
> > else? Can I simply change the 2 to a 1?
>  
>  It means it will always be the third down the list of however many. The
>  count starts at 0. 
Aha. I couldn't tell whether it was a sneakin' hunch or a faint memory,
but I had a distinct intimation of some sort of lurking gotcha there
somewhere. So if I want FC2 to behave as I'm accustomed to things redhat
doing, I should just change the 2 to a zero -- right? That's it?

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Beartooth Implacable, Linux Evangelist & Gadfly
neo-redneck, curmudgeonly codger with FC1&2, YDL4
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Bear in mind that I have little idea what I am talking about.