Hi ALUG,
I recently upgraded my Debian unstable system and it included the 3.8 Linux kernel. There seem to be some problems with this kernel and my wireless network card. So I just want to set the old 3.2 kernel as the default boot option for now. However, setting:
GRUB_DEFAULT=2
in /etc/default/grub and running update-grub seems not to have taken effect (the 3.8 kernel still gets booted).
I notice GRUB now seems to have a new initial menu with just two options (paraphrased): "Boot Debian"; "Advanced Options". Selecting Advanced Options presents the more familiar list of kernels to boot. Where did this new menu come from? Could it be interfering with my GRUB_DEFAULT=2 option? Is there a way to remove it? Or any other suggestions why my default kernel option may not be working?
Thanks, Richard
At Sun, 12 May 2013 13:00:25 +0100, Richard Lewis wrote:
GRUB_DEFAULT=2
in /etc/default/grub and running update-grub seems not to have taken effect (the 3.8 kernel still gets booted).
In case anyone cares, I fixed this by setting
GRUB_DEFAULT="1>2"
That is, you can use the ">" to select items in GRUB submenus. So this selects the "Advanced boot options", then the 3.2 kernel option.
Richard
On 18/05/13 16:44, Richard Lewis wrote:
At Sun, 12 May 2013 13:00:25 +0100, Richard Lewis wrote:
GRUB_DEFAULT=2
in /etc/default/grub and running update-grub seems not to have taken effect (the 3.8 kernel still gets booted).
In case anyone cares, I fixed this by setting
GRUB_DEFAULT="1>2"
That is, you can use the ">" to select items in GRUB submenus. So this selects the "Advanced boot options", then the 3.2 kernel option.
Of course we care - glad you sorted the problem - item archived for possible future reference.
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Anthony Anson -
Richard Lewis