Grub2 and multiple boot different ubuntu versions

[Karl Larsen]

On 03/25/2010 04:03 PM, Tom H wrote:
>>> I did that and found it a very long document with things like this:
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>>> GRUB SAVEDEFAULT= If set to true this setting will automatically set the
>>> last selected OS from the menu as the default OS on the next boot.
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>>> No commands need be run to set the default OS.
>>> Any time a menuentry is manually selected from the GRUB2 menu, it becomes
>>> the default OS.
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>>> This is a typical Grub2 statement.  What is the last selected OS???
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>> It means the one you selected last time, ie the one you are currently
>> booted into.  So if you select one to boot then reboot it will default
>> to the one you just rebooted from.  Or to put it another way, and
>> rather more succinctly, any time a menuentry is manually selected from
>> the GRUB2 menu, it becomes the default OS.  That sounds familiar, I
>> must have read it somewhere before.
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>  From a default grub1 menu.lst:
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> ## default num
> # Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
> # the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
> # You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
> # is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
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         Yes the grub1 menu.lst is VERY clear! It took years I guess to 
reach this level. Grub2 is not there yet.


73 Karl