From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-135572-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>) id 1S1e2P-0004bK-QV for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 26 Feb 2012 13:21:18 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6EA76E0E91; Sun, 26 Feb 2012 13:21:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx.virtyou.com (mx.virtyou.com [178.33.32.244]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11DB1E0E82 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Sun, 26 Feb 2012 13:19:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from weird.wonkology.org (xdsl-84-44-153-187.netcologne.de [84.44.153.187]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx.virtyou.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 445EDDC04C for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Sun, 26 Feb 2012 14:19:10 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 14:19:08 +0100 From: Alex Schuster <wonko@wonkology.org> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Safe way to test a new kernel? Message-ID: <20120226141908.4213e10e@weird.wonkology.org> In-Reply-To: <CAN0CFw13Ajx_3Z-vqgJz0GeQmfWtGLV9KeYVOAyWt-cVwe3Zsg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAN0CFw1msVnW-o4fxw8tjk+MMbHjHfLNb-HLr77jqbo++=j2Mg@mail.gmail.com> <ji9fu5$3bb$1@dough.gmane.org> <CAN0CFw1Vj246Nmg6df3ivqdeyHMxHHY3y1OEhzXrvEG02_QObQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAN0CFw13Ajx_3Z-vqgJz0GeQmfWtGLV9KeYVOAyWt-cVwe3Zsg@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 5ed726cc-c32c-491b-a8c8-27231b350cdd X-Archives-Hash: 40ab9addc96de52b6d9a46e77d688d9f Grant writes: > I get "Unrecognized command" from savedefault in grub: > > grub> savedefault --default=1 --once > Error 27: Unrecognized command Strange. Maybe this is something inofficial, and not every Gurb understands this? The documentation does not mention the --default option I think. > I re-emerged grub with /boot mounted and ran grub-install but I get > the same error. Does anyone know how to fix this? I'm on > grub-0.97-r10. Have a look at 'info grub', 'Booting' -> 'Making your system robust', especially section 4.3.2 'Booting fallback systems'. That's what I used in order to test new kernels remotely. Wonko