kernel updates on dual-boot system change grub default (fc3)

Satish Balay balay at fastmail.fm
Fri Nov 26 07:05:42 UTC 2004


On Fri, 26 Nov 2004, psychoelmo wrote:

> fyi: 
> 
> i have a 98/2k/fc3 install. grub options are fc3 and 2k (nt bootloader
> has the choice between 98 and 2k). 2k is the default, configured that
> way during installation.
> 
> upgrading the kernel changes the grub default from windows to whatever
> the new kernel is. i have to manually change the default back to
> windows.
> 
> this has happened both times i've fetched kernel updates (via up2date).

To change this behavior - edit /etc/sysconfig/kernel - and change:

UPDATEDEFAULT=yes
to
UPDATEDEFAULT=no

Satish




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