[PATCH] Re: lilo -R equivalent in grub?

Michael Schwendt ms-nospam-0306 at arcor.de
Wed Dec 31 15:32:22 UTC 2003


On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 14:37:12 +0000, P at draigBrady.com wrote:

> Warren Togami wrote:
> > I just learned about the awesome "lilo -R" command.  The man page says:
> > 
> > Does GRUB have anything similar to lilo's -R?  This is a totally useful 
> > function and I would really like to avoid using lilo.
> 
> redhat's grub has a patch that implements (but doesn't document)
> the --once option to the savedefault command.
> 
> Note there is a problem with the "savedefault --once" functionality
> I think. The default entry and "once only entry" are not independent,
> and so after a "once only boot" the default entry will be reset to 0.
> I can't see how that would ever be required (especially
> if the "once only entry" is also 0).
> 
> I've modified the patch to make these independent so you
> don't loose your previous default entry.
> 
> could this be applied?
> 
> http://www.pixelbeat.org/patches/grub-0.93-once.diff

I suggest you submit the patch at bugzilla.redhat.com

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