On Tuesday 18 January 2005 23:22, David Curry wrote:
>Greetings everyone.
>
>While still running the initial FC-2 install (Kernel 2.6.5-1.358),
> Grub asked me to designate a default kernel for loading. At the
> time there was one and only one kernel available for loading.
>
>How do I now change the default boot specification from K2.6.5-1.358
> to K2.6.10-1.8_FC2?
Gee, I dunno. Maybe 'vim /boot/grub/grub.conf' and add whatever you want?
Here is a sample of it thats a thorough mess, but guess what, it works.
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# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,0)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda3
# initrd /initrd-version.img
# boot=/dev/hda1
default=11
fallback=9
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
# 0
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-14)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-14 ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi
initrd /initrd-2.4.18-14.img
# 1
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.23-pre8)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.23-pre8 ro root=/dev/hda7 hdc=ide-scsi
# 2
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.22-pre10)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.22-pre10 ro root=/dev/hda7 hdc=ide-scsi vga=ask
# 3
title Red Hat Linux (2.6.10)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.10 ro root=/dev/hda7 vga=ask
# 4
title Red Hat Linux (2.6.10-rc3)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.10-rc3 ro root=/dev/hda7 vga=ask
# 5
title Red Hat Linux (2.6.10-ac1)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.10-ac1 ro root=/dev/hda7 vga=ask
# 6
title Red Hat Linux (2.6.10-ac2)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.10-ac2 ro root=/dev/hda7 vga=ask
# 7
title Red Hat Linux (2.6.10-mm1-V0.7.34-01)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.10-mm1-V0.7.34-01 ro root=/dev/hda7 vga=ask
# 8
title Red Hat Linux (2.6.10-ac8)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.10-ac8 ro root=/dev/hda7 vga=ask
# 9
title Red Hat Linux (2.6.11-rc1)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.11-rc1 ro root=/dev/hda7 vga=ask
#10
title Red Hat Linux (2.6.11-rc1-V0.7.35-01)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.11-rc1-V0.7.35-01 ro root=/dev/hda7 vga=ask
#11
title Red Hat Linux (2.6.11-rc1-V0.7.35-01-FW)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.11-rc1-V0.7.35-01-FW ro root=/dev/hda7 elevator=cfq vga=ask
#12
title Red Hat Linux (2.6.10-rc2-bk7)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.10-rc2-bk7 ro root=/dev/hda7 acpi_skip_timer_override
#13
title Red Hat Linux (2.6.10-rc2-mm3)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.10-rc2-mm3 ro root=/dev/hda7
#14
title Red Hat Linux (2.6.10-rc2-bk8)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.10-rc2-bk8 ro root=/dev/hda7 acpi_skip_timer_override
#15
title DOS
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
makeactive
chainloader +1
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The # commented numbers are there strictly for me as it helps
me keep track of which is the default boot.
--
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