On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 15:17, Cowles, Steve wrote: > 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 > If you do a "yum update" it automatically puts the newest kernel in the grub.conf as the default. If OTOH you do a "yum install" or use rpm to do the install of the newer kernel it puts the newest kernel later in the list and you will have to edit the default= line in grub.conf to point to your new kernel
