You can also set a fallback in the event that there are problems with the default.
Example: default 0 fallback 1 timeout 3 ... - Sebastian On Wed, 26 Oct 2005, Ed Jaeger wrote: > Excellent post, but one small correction - grub will boot any OS as > default. Here's my config file from this laptop: > > --- > # 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 (hd0,2) > # kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda3 > # initrd /boot/initrd-version.img > #boot=/dev/hda > default=0 > timeout=10 > splashimage=(hd0,2)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz > title Fedora Core (2.6.12-1.1378_FC3) > root (hd0,2) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12-1.1378_FC3 ro root=LABEL=/ acpi=off > apm=broken_psr > initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.12-1.1378_FC3.img > title Fedora Core (2.6.11-1.35_FC3) > root (hd0,2) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.11-1.35_FC3 ro root=LABEL=/ acpi=off > apm=broken_psr > initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.11-1.35_FC3.img > title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-27.8.0custom) > root (hd0,2) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-27.8.0custom ro root=LABEL=/ > initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.18-27.8.0custom.img > title Billyware, XP flavor > rootnoverify (hd0,0) > chainloader +1 > > --- > > The line "default=0" can be changed (in my case) to 1,2 or 3 to boot any > of the other 3 by default. If I change it to 3 the list comes up in the > order in the config file, with "Billyware" hilighted on the last line. > Bill Roddy wrote: > > > I dual-boot everything, multi-boot. I've found that GRUB is the easiest > > bootloader, because you can change /boot/grub/menu.lst by rearranging or > > adding other entries from other distributions you have install there. > > > > The most recent distribution will write the MBR. Let it. It will always > > look for and "see" the Windows partition and make an entry for booting. > > Ubuntu, SUSE, and Debian will find all distributions and list them so > > you can boot them from GRUB. > > > > In the case of Fedora, Red Hat, and perhaps others, Windows is listed as > > "Other," but it will boot it. However, I have not installed a distro yet > > that will not pick up a previously-installed Windows partition, list it, > > and make it bootable. > > > > In the case of wanting other Linux distros to also be available, go to > > their /boot/grub/menu.list, copy their boot instructions and then past > > them into the distro's /boot/grub/menu.lst you just installed. > > > > You can re-order them in any order you chose. The top one will always be > > the default boot-up. > > > > It is possible to install Windows on a primary disk that is second, but > > then you will lose your GRUB settings and have to reinstall the Linux > > distro(s) to have one of them write. The /grub/boot/menu.lost file is > > the key to making it boot the systems, and in the order, you prefer. > > > > The largest number of distros I've had on this piece of crap machine, > > with a 40MB hard drive, at any one time is seven, including Windows. > > That was allocating allocating only 5MB per distro. I save all my data > > files on a second hard drive that is master 2. If it does not show to > > mount, you can add the drive to the /etc/fstabs file. They all would be > > available to boot using this method. > > > > Like I've said before, this may not be the "right" way, but it's a way I > > figured out myself and it has never failed, so I use it. > > > > Thanks for listing. > > > > Bill > > > > Ed > > _______________________________________________ > RLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug > _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
