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--- Begin Message ---
Package: grub
Version: 0.97-12
Severity: important
I'm not able to change default menu entry with the help of
'grub-set-default N' command. It creates/updates /boot/grub/default
file, but grub seems to ignore it, and use item #0 (the one saved with
'savedefault' during previous boot) instead. This makes grub-set-default
unusable for setting up fail-safe booting.
See below the output of related commands.
se:~# grub-set-default 1
se:~# cat /boot/grub/default
1
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
# WARNING: If you want to edit this file directly, do not remove any line
# from this file, including this warning. Using `grub-set-default\' is
# strongly recommended.
se:~# cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
# grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
# grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
# and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.
## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
default saved
## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout 3
# Pretty colours
color cyan/blue white/blue
## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
# password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret
#
# examples
#
# title Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader +1
#
# title Linux
# root (hd0,1)
# kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#
#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST
### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below
## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs
## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=/dev/hda2 ro
## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,1)
## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
## alternative=false
# alternative=true
## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
## lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false
## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=vga=773
## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
## lockold=true
# lockold=false
## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
## altoptions=(single-user) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single
## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
## howmany=7
# howmany=all
## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
## memtest86=false
# memtest86=true
## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false
## ## End Default Options ##
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.16-2-686-smp
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16-2-686-smp root=/dev/hda2 ro vga=773
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.16-2-686-smp
savedefault
boot
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.16-2-686-smp (recovery mode)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16-2-686-smp root=/dev/hda2 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.16-2-686-smp
savedefault
boot
### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title Other operating systems:
root
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/hda1
title Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1
total 196
se:~# ls -l /boot/grub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 191 2006-07-25 12:51 default
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15 2005-10-21 22:09 device.map
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7776 2005-10-21 22:09 e2fs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7504 2005-10-21 22:09 fat_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8320 2005-10-21 22:09 jfs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3888 2006-07-25 12:35 menu.lst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4279 2006-07-25 12:35 menu.lst~
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7008 2005-10-21 22:09 minix_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9216 2005-10-21 22:09 reiserfs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 2005-10-21 22:09 stage1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 108168 2005-10-21 22:09 stage2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9288 2005-10-21 22:09 xfs_stage1_5
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-2-686-smp
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages grub depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.6-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libncurses5 5.5-2 Shared libraries for terminal hand
grub recommends no packages.
-- debconf-show failed
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
I installed Oct 26 snapshot of Etch on original hardware with new HDD
and similar (though not exactly the same) partitions, and found no
problems with grub-set-default functionality. I tend to think the
reported problem was caused by faulty HDD.
--
...Bye..Dmitry.
--- End Message ---
