[Bug 55400] Re: Default OS (grub) changed by addition of backup entries

[dino99]

Maverick is no more a supported version; and grub legacy upstream is
also stopped, only receiving possible random fixes locally

** Changed in: grub (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Invalid

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Title:
  Default OS (grub) changed by addition of backup entries

Status in grub package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: grub

  Change the line
  default		0
  in /boot/grub/menu.lst to a different number (say 5 for WindowsXP in my case).

  If Ubuntu ever downloads a new kernel, or backups or whatever it does
  as a part of automatically updating it will add lines like these to
  the top of the list of operating systems:

  title		Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-26-386
  root		(hd0,2)
  kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-26-386 root=/dev/sda3 ro quiet splash
  initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-26-386
  savedefault
  boot

  title		Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-26-386 (recovery mode)
  root		(hd0,2)
  kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-26-386 root=/dev/sda3 ro single
  initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-26-386
  boot

  This will move the entry for Windows down by 2, to be number 7. The
  default entry is no longer what was intended when the number was set.

  This should be fixed so that the default never changes. Preferably the
  whole menu.lst should be completely controlled through the
  Administration menu by non-programmers. In particular, it should be
  easy to set a computer to boot into WinXP by default.

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