-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 13:38:12 -0500 "Mumia W." <mumia.w.18.spam+nospam@earthlink.net> wrote: > On 08/18/2006 01:14 PM, Jacob S wrote: > > Howdy list, > > > > Howdy Jacob. > > > I'm sure this must be a simple problem, but I can't find it on > > Google. > > > > When I boot my server, grub always drops me into it's shell, > > instead of giving me a boot menu, or even booting the default. > > Having to type 3 lines at least 40 characters long just to get it > > to boot each time gets a bit tiring. > > > > I have tried changing the default line in menu.lst, as well as an > > update-grub and even a grub-install, all to no avail. > > [...] > > The default line in menu.lst, AFAIK, is supposed to be just a > number--the number of the boot option to use as default. Yes, this is how I set it up. > Examine the part of menu.lst that describes the "# kopt=" > option. That is where you can put kernel command line > parameters that will survive an invocation of update-grub. This is done too. I have attached my menu.lst to this e-mail. If anyone can spot any problems in it, that would be most appreciated. Thanks again, Jacob -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFE5ibMkpJ43hY3cTURAi2zAJ0VBlmHwwmTRt7AfFPUbzqZeAsWTQCeKO8w f5J1/f+YxbiZrloiKy85tdM= =8Dy4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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