sean darcy wrote: > Tom Horsley wrote: >> On Sat, 08 May 2010 10:11:41 -0400 >> sean darcy wrote: >> >>> And it keeps booting F9. Any suggestions appreciated. >> You are making the mistake of believing the stuff written >> in the grub info file :-). >> >> The actual grub shipped with fedora has a savedefault >> that works completely differently. >> >> Try running grub and doing a "help savedefault" to get >> the real info. >> >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=212649 > > Wow. This is a trap for the unwary. > > BTW, IMHO the grub cli help is also misleading: > > help savedefault > savedefault: savedefault [--stage2=STAGE2_FILE] [--default=DEFAULT] [--once] > Save DEFAULT as the default boot entry in STAGE2_FILE. If > '--once' is specified, the default is reset after the next reboot. > > The brackets mean to me that it's optional. So you'd use --stage2 only > if you're using some non-standard stage2 file. > > Also, BTW, if you do run savedefault without --stage2 there's no error > message. > > But it also didn't work :( > > savedefault --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 --default=2 --once > > reboot, and I'm back at F9. > > Two possibilities: 1. grub isn't booting F12 > > 2. F12 is failing, and grub is booting F9 as the fallback > > So I upped the timeout to 60 seconds. Set default in grub.conf to 0, and > rebooted: > > May 8 12:34:10 Server pcscd: readerfactory.c:1379:RFCleanupReaders() > entering cleaning function > May 8 12:34:10 Server pcscd: pcscdaemon.c:532:at_exit() cleaning /var/run > May 8 12:37:24 Server kernel: imklog 3.20.2, log source = /proc/kmsg > started. > May 8 12:37:24 Server kernel: Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset > > So a reboot takes 3 mins, 10 secs, 190 seconds > > Then set default=saved, ran from grub cli > > savedefault --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 --default=2 --once > > reboot. > > May 8 12:16:09 Server pcscd: readerfactory.c:1379:RFCleanupReaders() > entering cleaning function > May 8 12:16:09 Server pcscd: pcscdaemon.c:532:at_exit() cleaning /var/run > May 8 12:18:23 Server kernel: imklog 3.20.2, log source = /proc/kmsg > started. > May 8 12:18:23 Server kernel: Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset > > 2 minutes, 20 secs. > > So it looks to me like grub is not booting F12 at all. > > Any help realllly appreciated. > > sean > Getting weirder. grub.conf has 3 stanzas, first 2 are f9, 3rd f12. savedefault --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 --default=1 worked!! The second stanza booted (F9 with a different kernel). But now on reboot it keeps booting the second stanza, even though each stanza has: savedefault 0 Second stanza: title Fedora (2.6.27.24-78.2.53.fc9.i686) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.27.24-78.2.53.fc9.i686 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 initrd /initrd-2.6.27.24-78.2.53.fc9.i686.img savedefault 0 With default=saved, shouldn't the first stanza come up on reboot??? This is a problem because it I do boot F12 and there's a problem, it's harder to get back to F9. sean -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
