Savedefault has not been working since Grub 0.97 upstream. You can reference savedefault.diff patch in debian grub package and try to apply this patch.
Cheers. Long >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >Usman Ajmal >Sent: 2010年1月15日 13:59 >To: [email protected] >Subject: [Moblin Dev] Problem with using savedefault option of GRUB in Moblin > >Hi, > >I am trying to use the savedefault option as I did with my machine on which >Ubuntu and Windows are installed. What I did in that system is that i set >the "default" option to "saved" and then under the Linux entry (which is the >first entry) I set "savedefault 1" so that next time the Windows option >(which is the second entry) is activated by default and under the Windows >entry I set "savedefault 0" so that next time the Linux option is activated >by default. > >This kind of functionality is not working with Moblin. It seems as if the >savedefault option is diabled by the GRUB of Moblin. Is there any thing else >I should do? > >Following is my grub.conf > ># grub.conf generated by anaconda ># ># Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file ># NOTICE: You do not have a /boot partition. This means that ># all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg. ># root (hd0,0) ># kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sda1 ># initrd /boot/initrd-version.img >#boot=/dev/sda >default saved >timeout=5 >#splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz >#hiddenmenu >#silent >title Moblin (2.6.31.5-10.1.moblin2-netbook) >root (hd0,0) >kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.5-10.1.moblin2-netbook ro root=/dev/sda1 >vga=current >savedefault 1 > >title Pathetic Windows >rootnoverify (hd0,1) >chainloader +1 >savedefault 0 >_______________________________________________ >Moblin dev Mailing List >[email protected] > >To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list visit: >http://lists.moblin.org/listinfo/dev or your user account on http://moblin.org >once logged in. > >For more information on the Moblin Developer Mailing lists visit: >http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists _______________________________________________ Moblin dev Mailing List [email protected] To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list visit: http://lists.moblin.org/listinfo/dev or your user account on http://moblin.org once logged in. For more information on the Moblin Developer Mailing lists visit: http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists
