FC2 grub defaults to oldest kernel

Matthew Page MPage at ciri.com
Thu Mar 10 20:27:54 UTC 2005


That all depends...  If the kernel you want to run is listed first, then
the answer to your question is yes.

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> On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 18:07:26 +0100, Nils Breunese wrote:
> 
> >> > If you don't mind a little file editing, you can change the
default
> in
> >> > your /etc/grub.conf
> >>
> >> OK, the first line not commented out says "default=2" Does that
mean it
> >> will always be the second one down the list of however many, or
> something
> >> else? Can I simply change the 2 to a 1?
> >
> > It means it will always be the third down the list of however many.
The
> > count starts at 0.
> 
> Aha. I couldn't tell whether it was a sneakin' hunch or a faint
memory,
> but I had a distinct intimation of some sort of lurking gotcha there
> somewhere. So if I want FC2 to behave as I'm accustomed to things
redhat
> doing, I should just change the 2 to a zero -- right? That's it?
> 
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