On 24 Apr 2003 20:48:19 -0400
lovswr1 <lovswr1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello. I used apt-get to upgrade to the latest stable kernel. In
> 8.0, I would always use up2date & it would also configure grub
> accordingly. Alas apt-get did not do this. How in 9.0 do I change the
> default kernel that boots (I use KDE & in the KDE Control Panel, the
> kernel tab has been removed as far as I can tell since 8.0)
Hello :)
If you are using anything other than Grub as your bootloader, this might
not help you. But if you are using Grub, using the following excerpt
from my /etc/grub.conf file, this should help :)
#boot=/dev/hda
default=1
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd1,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Red Hat Linux (2.5.9)
root (hd1,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.5.9 ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi
initrd /initrd-2.5.9.img
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-6custom)
root (hd1,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-6custom ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi
initrd /initrd-2.4.20-6custom.img
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-9)
root (hd1,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-9 ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi
initrd /initrd-2.4.20-9.img
#title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-6)
# root (hd1,0)
# kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-6 ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi
# initrd /initrd-2.4.20-6.img
title Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
You will notice in the line that says "default", there is a number "1"
You will further notice that I have 5 seperate entries in my grub.conf
file. They are numbered 0,1,2,3,4,5 - which makes "Red Hat Linux
(2.4.20-6custom)" my default kernel. If I wanted to boot Windows XP by
default, I'd change the "1" in the "default" line to "4", so that it
would read "default=4", then if I let the default 10 seconds elapse
without selecting a different kernel, then Windows XP would boot. If I
wanted to boot "Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-9)" by default, then I would make
sure that the "default=" line said "default=2"
I hope this helps :)
Steven P. Ulrick
