grub boot default with multiple ubuntu versions

[Colin Law]

On 27 August 2012 15:20, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
> I have a dual boot system running 12.04 and Quantal on separate
> partitions.  When I installed Quantal it became the default boot
> option on startup as one would expect.  I booted into 12.04 and ran
> sudo update-grub.  I am confident that when I have done this under
> similar situations in the past (with older versions of Ubuntu) that
> this would have resulted in 12.04 being the default boot option,  but
> this is not the case, Quantal remains the default.
>
> Is my memory correct as to what used to happen?  If so then I consider
> this a bug.  I can't find anything on launchpad.

And the answer is No, my memory is not correct.  It is sudo
grub-install that one must do when booted into the appropriate
partition to make it the default.  Sorry for the noise.

Colin