On Wed 30 Oct 2013 at 08:55:49 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > The combination of running the Debian Installer with as many > defaults as possible and Grub2 being automatically installed each > time results in two annoying characteristics. > > ONE: > On boot, the the last system installed will be the default. That is > the least likely one to run correctly (IF AT ALL) due to bad choices > during install or subsequent tweaking. Resulting Grub rescue mode > ... ;/ > > TWO: > When there are multiple Debian installs present, especially when > same kernel used, the Grub menu is not informative. > > QUESTION_ONE: > Can I force the boot to default to the oldest rather than newest > install. It will always be a functioning install and usually is > completely normal with ONLY defaults chosen.
Do not install GRUB for the new install. Run update-grub from whatever you do boot into. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
