grub default

Cowles, Steve steve at stevecowles.com
Thu Jul 1 20:17:53 UTC 2004


fedora wrote:
> Q: How to change Grub's default kernel.
> 
> Background-
> I have the latest kernel installed, and a previous kernel. On boot,
> Grub defaults to select the previous kernel, which it has
> highlighted. So, I have to manually each time, hit the arrow key UP,
> in order to select the latest.
> 
> How, please, do I set Grub to default to the latest kernel?
> 
> I don't remember this situation in RH9...

I manually edit /etc/grub.conf and change the "default=" setting to boot the
kernel image that I want. Remember, the first entry listed is 0, not 1.

Steve Cowles





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