From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] grub2 defaults
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 21:47:53 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140325214753.7785c0c4@digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <loom.20140325T213155-355@post.gmane.org>
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On Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:42:07 +0000 (UTC), James wrote:
> So I have these entries in my /etc/default/grub file:
>
> GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Gentoo"
> GRUB_DEFAULT=kernel-3.13.6-gentoo
> GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=3
> GRUB_TIMEOUT=10
> GRUB_GFXMODE=1024x768
>
> I ran 'grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg'
> after the last ebuild of 3.13.6-gentoo
>
>
> /boot shows:
> kernel-3.13.0-gentoo
> kernel-3.13.0-gentoo-r1
> kernel-3.13.1-gentoo
> kernel-3.13.6-gentoo
> kernel-3.13.6B-gentoo
> kernel-3.13.7-gentoo
>
>
> Obviously, I like to kept kernel experiments around a while....
>
> So when I get the Grub2 (ascii) boot menu and just select the
> default, it boots kernel-3.13.7-gentoo, despite
> 'kernel-3.13.6-gentoo' being set in as the default for Grub2?
DEFAULT, if not set to a number, matches the title or --id of a menu
entry, not the kernel name (you could have several entries with the same
kernel).
> Also, is there a nice 'gui' boot-menu for grub2 ?
Yes, GRUB2 can use themes. The starfield theme is included, uncomment the
GRUB_THEME setting in the defaults file.
> The is what I have read on grub2 (man pages, gentoo wiki) so additional
> reading, with some useful examples would also be much appreciated.
The grub info pages are more helpful than the man page.
--
Neil Bothwick
Always be sincere even if you don't mean it.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-03-25 21:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-03-25 20:42 [gentoo-user] grub2 defaults James
2014-03-25 21:47 ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
2014-03-26 14:42 ` [gentoo-user] " James
2014-03-26 16:12 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-03-26 16:16 ` [gentoo-user] " thegeezer
2014-03-27 20:48 ` [gentoo-user] " James
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