How to prevent Ubuntu update to hose my Grub?

* Joe wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:
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> On 2008-07-10, Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@yahoo.com> wrote:[color=green]
>> Laszlo Lebrun wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> Apparently Ubuntu updates write their own stuff into grub.
>>>
>>> How can that be prevented?[/color]
>>
>> I've got Windows XP set as my default os, and so far I have not noticed
>> the major updates changing the default menu selection yet.[/color]
>
> It won't, as long as Windows is not in the #0 stanza. The updater
> places the new kernel in the 0 spot, and if the default is other than
> 0, it increases it by 2. This way, your default doesn't change.[/color]

It does no such thing, at least not on my box and I am running 8.04. When
new Kernels are added, old ones are not removed and so Windows moves down
the list. The default # never changes.

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On 2008-07-11, SINNER <arcade.master@gmail.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> * Joe wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:
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>> On 2008-07-10, Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@yahoo.com> wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> Laszlo Lebrun wrote:
>>>> Apparently Ubuntu updates write their own stuff into grub.
>>>>
>>>> How can that be prevented?
>>>
>>> I've got Windows XP set as my default os, and so far I have not noticed
>>> the major updates changing the default menu selection yet.[/color]
>>
>> It won't, as long as Windows is not in the #0 stanza. The updater
>> places the new kernel in the 0 spot, and if the default is other than
>> 0, it increases it by 2. This way, your default doesn't change.[/color]
>
> It does no such thing, at least not on my box and I am running 8.04. When
> new Kernels are added, old ones are not removed and so Windows moves down
> the list. The default # never changes.
>[/color]

That's what the autoupdate is for in the other part of this thread.
Works great here! ;-)


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* Joe wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:[color=blue]
> On 2008-07-11, SINNER <arcade.master@gmail.com> wrote:[color=green]
>> * Joe wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:[/color][/color]
[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> On 2008-07-10, Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>> Laszlo Lebrun wrote:
>>>>> Apparently Ubuntu updates write their own stuff into grub.[/color][/color][/color]
[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>>>> How can that be prevented?[/color][/color][/color]
[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>>> I've got Windows XP set as my default os, and so far I have not noticed
>>>> the major updates changing the default menu selection yet.[/color][/color][/color]
[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> It won't, as long as Windows is not in the #0 stanza. The updater
>>> places the new kernel in the 0 spot, and if the default is other than
>>> 0, it increases it by 2. This way, your default doesn't change.[/color][/color][/color]
[color=blue][color=green]
>> It does no such thing, at least not on my box and I am running 8.04. When
>> new Kernels are added, old ones are not removed and so Windows moves down
>> the list. The default # never changes.[/color][/color]

[color=blue]
> That's what the autoupdate is for in the other part of this thread.
> Works great here! ;-)[/color]

Yeah :( didnt read the WHOLE thread before responding...


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Laszlo Lebrun <lazlo_lebrun@laszlomail.com> wrote:
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> Apparently Ubuntu updates write their own stuff into grub.
>
> How can that be prevented?[/color]

Edit /etc/kernel-img.conf

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SINNER <arcade.master@gmail.com> wrote:
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> * Joe wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:
>[color=green]
>> On 2008-07-10, Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@yahoo.com> wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> Laszlo Lebrun wrote:
>>>> Apparently Ubuntu updates write their own stuff into grub.
>>>>
>>>> How can that be prevented?
>>>
>>> I've got Windows XP set as my default os, and so far I have not noticed
>>> the major updates changing the default menu selection yet.[/color]
>>
>> It won't, as long as Windows is not in the #0 stanza. The updater
>> places the new kernel in the 0 spot, and if the default is other than
>> 0, it increases it by 2. This way, your default doesn't change.[/color]
>
> It does no such thing, at least not on my box and I am running 8.04. When
> new Kernels are added, old ones are not removed and so Windows moves down
> the list. The default # never changes.[/color]


## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false



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