Re: Grub2 not setting the vga= on one of 3 partitions

[Wayne <linuxtwo@gmail.com>]

Tom H wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 2:03 AM, Wayne <linuxtwo@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I finally have grub 2 installed. Whew.  It works for testing but, does not
> > set the vga=31B on the stable entry.
>
> > Generating grub.cfg ...
> > Found Debian background: moreblue-orbit-grub.png
> > Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-2-amd64
> > Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-2-amd64
> > Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-1-amd64
> > Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-1-amd64
> > Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-amd64
> > Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-amd64
> > Warning: update-grub_lib is deprecated, use grub-mkconfig_lib instead
> > Found memtest86 image: /boot/memtest86.bin
> > Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
> > Found Debian GNU/Linux (sid) on /dev/sda8
> > Found Debian GNU/Linux (4.0) on /dev/sda9
> > done
>
> > The grub2 docs are, to say the least, sparce, and do not seem to have a
> > solution to this problem.
> > I have looked for a file that I could edit to fix this but come up empty.
> >  Anyone know where I can find it?
> > Anyone have a pointer it a fix?
>
> /etc/default/grub
> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=...

Which I believe would make that partition, the stable dist, the default.

Right?

Which is not how I run.  I am running testing 99.9% of the time.

I only want stable, when I need it.

Thanks for the reply!

Wayne