grub F16 doesn't allow the grub default to be selected

landonmkelsey · 11-29-2011, 05:25 PM

in the old grub, one could edit grub.conf and select a grub menu default to be loaded ( if no action taken)

now the grub.cfg file says "NOT TO EDIT"

another new event this morning:

the highlighted grub is 3.1.1 not 3.1.2

3.1.2 is the highest in the grub menu

I still cannot reach XP Prof and it is on the grub menu .

Looking at the anaconda code in grub.cfg, the selected Linux version

may be the default selection for the next boot.

Turns out that is not true. Maybe an error in the code.

yancek · 11-29-2011, 07:02 PM

The /etc/default/grub file has this line at the top: GRUB_DEFAULT=0

Modify it to what you want, count down the menuentry lines to the one you want as default. Count starts at zero (0).

Just because an entry is the first in the menu doesn't mean it is the default. Check the /etc/default/grub file against your grub.cfg.

Quote:

I still cannot reach XP Prof and it is on the grub menu .

That's not much to go on. We can't see your grub.cfg file?

propenguin · 01-12-2012, 07:07 PM

There is actually a command for setting the grub default option, that you can use on F16.

propenguin · 01-12-2012, 07:08 PM

Here is a site that talks about how to use that command to set the default option.
http://razor3dg3.wordpress.com/2012/...t-boot-option/