[Techtalk] Grub defaults after new kernel image install

Gina Lanik geekgrrl at geekgrrl.priv.at
Thu Jul 27 07:21:56 UTC 2006


On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 08:00:05AM -0700, Carla Schroder wrote:
> On Tuesday 25 July 2006 23:23, Cynthia Kiser wrote:
> > 
> > Quoting Gina Lanik <geekgrrl at geekgrrl.priv.at>:
> > > How do I determine which one was booted last except for rebooting and
> > > checking which one grub "suggests" due to savedefault? Maybe I didn't
> > > understand the concept properly?
> > 
> > I don't have anything set up using savedefault, so I can't look. But
> > just a guess, is there file in with the grub stuff with a mod time
> > that suggests it was written the last time you booted?
> > 
> 
> Good thinking. I took a peek in /boot/grub, and there is a default file. It 
> looks like this:

[...]

> Zee mystery she is solved.

*argh* And now I can't find any box which has savedefault enabled... 
But still - YOU ROCK, thanks a million times for the solution! :-)

Cheers,

Gina
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