On 2008-07-11, SINNER wrote:
> * Joe wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:
>
>> On 2008-07-10, Yousuf Khan wrote:
>>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>
> 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.
>

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:
> On 2008-07-11, SINNER wrote:
>> * Joe wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:

>>> On 2008-07-10, Yousuf Khan wrote:
>>>> 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.

>>> 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.

>> 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.


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

Yeah didnt read the WHOLE thread before responding...


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Laszlo Lebrun wrote:

> Apparently Ubuntu updates write their own stuff into grub.
>
> How can that be prevented?

Edit /etc/kernel-img.conf

Florian
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SINNER wrote:

> * Joe wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:
>
>> On 2008-07-10, Yousuf Khan wrote:
>>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>
> 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.


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



Florian
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