selecting GRUB option for next reboot

[Tez]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> Tez wrote:
>
>   
>> I'm not sure exactly, the option for the next boot is stored in a file
>> (/boot/grub/default), that's how grub knows what to choose.
>> You can add the line "savedefault" to the end of the menu entry in
>> menu.lst to make that option the default on next boot.
>> Or, you can also use the command 'grub-set-default' to set the default
>> for the next reboot.
>>     
>
> Beats the heck out of me why grub-reboot goes through such convolutions.  It
> invokes grub to actually rebuild the boot sector, when grub-set-default
> will simply change which option is chosen automatically.
>
> grub-reboot will _force_ that option to be chosen (no timeout) but
> grub-set-default is much simpler.  After all, the only reason I'd usually
> use it is because I have a bad tendency to forget to choose a new option
> when the system restarts.
>
> A little gui that would read menu.lst, give you the text names of all the
> menu options and let you select one, would be nice.
>   
There is a little GUI that dose that, when you click log out from the Kmenu
you have to set boot manager to grub in system settings -> Login 
Manager, Shutdown
then you have all the menu items in a drop down list.

Tez