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?

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?