Re: Configure GRUB 2
On Thursday 08 November 2012 08:23:59 tv.debian@googlemail.com wrote:
> On 08/11/2012 09:01, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Thursday 08 November 2012 05:02:23 Tom H wrote:
> >> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 5:55 PM, Lisi Reisz<lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> As I understand the GRUB manual, if I want to change the config file,
> >>> then i have to edit /etc/default/grub. I want to change the order of
> >>> the kernels in GRUB, but I can't see any kernels at all in
> >>> /etc/default/grub. (See below.) So how do I boot from the earlier
> >>> kernel?
> >>
> >> We need more information.
> >>
> >> Are you trying to re-order the kernels of the installation where
> >> grub's installed or the kernels of other installations?
> >
> > I have upgraded the kernel rather disastrously and want to go back by
> > default to the older kernel. I also want to find out how to do this,
> > since in GRUB 1 it was extremely easy. I then want to compile the older
> > kernel to have the correct, older video drivers; which at present it
> > hasn't, which is the problem. It has the wrong video drivers, or rather,
> > hasn't got the right ones.
> >
> > And yes, the two kernels where GRUB is installed. I simply can't see any
> > menu there, so how do I alter the menu order? I'll put the
> > /etc./default/grub file below my signature again.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Lisi
>
> In /etc/default/grub put :
>
> GRUB_DEFAULT=1
Thank you!
> First kernel (higher version number) is "0", so "1" is the second.
>
> If by "menu" you mean grub2 equivalent of "menu.list" then
> "/boot/grub/grub.cfg" is what you are looking for.
Yes, but it says you mustn't alter it manually.
> This file is
> recreated every time "update-grub" or "grub-mkconfig" is run (which you
> must do after modifying /etc/default/grub). Instead of using the
> menu.cfg you can create any custom entry you'd like using a
> /etc/grub/40_custom . "40" is just a hint here, choose what you want,
> but you should find a template with this number in the /etc/grub
> directory. All files there are sourced when "update-grub" is run and
> used to generate grub.cfg.
Thank you! I hadn't found references to /etc/grub/40.
> Hope it helps.
It does. Thank you.
Lisi
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