FC2 grub defaults to oldest kernel

Matthew Page MPage at ciri.com
Tue Mar 8 20:53:39 UTC 2005


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



> -----Original Message-----
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> bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of beartooth
> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 11:14 AM
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> Subject: Re: FC2 grub defaults to oldest kernel
> 
> 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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