On Thursday 05 May 2005 05:33, Ed Shornock wrote: > H. S. wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On a newly installed Debian Sid on an Inspiron 5160, I notice that grub > > always boots from the first entry even though I have "default saved" in > > the menu.lst file and all the stanzas have the savedefault keywork in > > them. Am I missing something here? If this is supposed to work, I can > > post the complete menu.lst file to ask for other's advice on what could > > be wrong in the file. The file has been automatically generated and I > > have changed only the "timeout" and "default" option. > > > > thanks, > > ->HS > > I can say this is a problem on my Debian workstation as well. On my > server it works as intended. I'm half-tempted to file a bug for this > (and probably will if I cannot resolve it with a bit more research).
Although I haven't tested it in about a month, it was certainly working well for me when I had several kernels that I was trying to select during some debugging (debian and home compiled). Perhaps posting your menu.lst might help. -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
