On F17, grub2-2.0-0.39.fc17.x86_64
On a remote machine, I'm trying to boot 3.8.8-100, but I keep getting 3.8.11-100. I set the default to 3, which given the 0 based counting, means the 4th stanza:
/etc/default/grub:
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5 GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Fedora" GRUB_DEFAULT=3 GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="rd.md=0 rd.lvm=0 rd.dm=0 KEYTABLE=us SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 rd.luks=0 LANG=en_US.UTF-8"
Which is reflected in grub.cfg, but it still boots 3.8.11-100. I've also tried default "4". Still 3.8.11-100.
It's a remote machine, so I can't see the console.
sean
/boot/grub2/grub.cfg:
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ### if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then load_env fi set default="3"
if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then menuentry_id_option="--id" else menuentry_id_option="" fi
export menuentry_id_option
if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}" save_env saved_entry set prev_saved_entry= save_env prev_saved_entry set boot_once=true fi
function savedefault { if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then saved_entry="${chosen}" save_env saved_entry fi }
function load_video { if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then insmod all_video else insmod efi_gop insmod efi_uga insmod ieee1275_fb insmod vbe insmod vga insmod video_bochs insmod video_cirrus fi }
if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then font=unicode else insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos5' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos5 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos5 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos5 --hint='hd0,msdos5' fff44737-3862-4f57-8931-fee302065237 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root fff44737-3862-4f57-8931-fee302065237 fi font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2" fi
if loadfont $font ; then set gfxmode=auto load_video insmod gfxterm set locale_dir=$prefix/locale set lang=en_US insmod gettext fi terminal_output gfxterm set timeout=5 ### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### menuentry 'Fedora' --class fedora --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-fff44737-3862-4f57-8931-fee302065237' { load_video set gfxpayload=keep insmod gzio insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos3' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos3 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos3 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos3 --hint='hd0,msdos3' d7937ba8-8976-40b7-9b4b-afec232d7369 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d7937ba8-8976-40b7-9b4b-afec232d7369 fi echo 'Loading Linux 3.8.11-100.fc17.x86_64 ...' linux /vmlinuz-3.8.11-100.fc17.x86_64 root=UUID=fff44737-3862-4f57-8931-fee302065237 ro rd.md=0 rd.lvm=0 rd.dm=0 KEYTABLE=us SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 rd.luks=0 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /initramfs-3.8.11-100.fc17.x86_64.img } submenu 'Advanced options for Fedora' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-fff44737-3862-4f57-8931-fee302065237' { menuentry 'Fedora, with Linux 3.8.11-100.fc17.x86_64' --class fedora --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.8.11-100.fc17.x86_64-advanced-fff44737-3862-4f57-8931-fee302065237' { load_video set gfxpayload=keep insmod gzio insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos3' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos3 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos3 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos3 --hint='hd0,msdos3' d7937ba8-8976-40b7-9b4b-afec232d7369 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d7937ba8-8976-40b7-9b4b-afec232d7369 fi echo 'Loading Linux 3.8.11-100.fc17.x86_64 ...' linux /vmlinuz-3.8.11-100.fc17.x86_64 root=UUID=fff44737-3862-4f57-8931-fee302065237 ro rd.md=0 rd.lvm=0 rd.dm=0 KEYTABLE=us SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 rd.luks=0 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /initramfs-3.8.11-100.fc17.x86_64.img } menuentry 'Fedora, with Linux 3.8.11-100.fc17.x86_64 (recovery mode)' --class fedora --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.8.11-100.fc17.x86_64-recovery-fff44737-3862-4f57-8931-fee302065237' { load_video set gfxpayload=keep insmod gzio insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos3' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos3 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos3 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos3 --hint='hd0,msdos3' d7937ba8-8976-40b7-9b4b-afec232d7369 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d7937ba8-8976-40b7-9b4b-afec232d7369 fi echo 'Loading Linux 3.8.11-100.fc17.x86_64 ...' linux /vmlinuz-3.8.11-100.fc17.x86_64 root=UUID=fff44737-3862-4f57-8931-fee302065237 ro single rd.md=0 rd.lvm=0 rd.dm=0 KEYTABLE=us SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 rd.luks=0 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /initramfs-3.8.11-100.fc17.x86_64.img } menuentry 'Fedora, with Linux 3.8.8-100.fc17.x86_64' --class fedora --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.8.8-100.fc17.x86_64-advanced-fff44737-3862-4f57-8931-fee302065237' { load_video set gfxpayload=keep insmod gzio insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos3' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos3 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos3 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos3 --hint='hd0,msdos3' d7937ba8-8976-40b7-9b4b-afec232d7369 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d7937ba8-8976-40b7-9b4b-afec232d7369 fi echo 'Loading Linux 3.8.8-100.fc17.x86_64 ...' linux /vmlinuz-3.8.8-100.fc17.x86_64 root=UUID=fff44737-3862-4f57-8931-fee302065237 ro rd.md=0 rd.lvm=0 rd.dm=0 KEYTABLE=us SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 rd.luks=0 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /initramfs-3.8.8-100.fc17.x86_64.img }