how 'default=saved' should work ?

how 'default=saved' should work ?

[Frédéric Boiteux]

	Hello,

  I've recently updated my grub-legacy bootloader to Grub2 (using
  latest grub-pc from Debian Sid), and I can't have the 'default=saved'
  option working with Grub2 :-(

  I've put following definition in /etc/default/grub :

GRUB_DEFAULT=saved

and I get it in the beginning of my /boot/grub/grub.cfg :

...
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
set default=saved
...

but I don't have anything in each menuentry telling to save choice :

menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686" {
        insmod ext2
        set root=(hd0,8)
        search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 257cf3a6-a439-4bbd-9a71-e777eabe4a0e
        linux   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-trunk-686 root=UUID=257cf3a6-a439-4bbd-9a71-e777eabe4a0e ro  quiet
        initrd  /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-trunk-686
}


and at every boot, I have the first choice hightlighted .

What does I miss ?

	Fred

Re: how 'default=saved' should work ?

[Felix Zielcke]

Am Dienstag, den 22.12.2009, 13:25 +0100 schrieb Frédéric Boiteux:
> 	Hello,
> 
>   I've recently updated my grub-legacy bootloader to Grub2 (using
>   latest grub-pc from Debian Sid), and I can't have the
> 'default=saved'
>   option working with Grub2 :-(

It's only in the experimental branch avaible, which is in Debian
experimental.
We only do trunk uploads to sid.

>   I've put following definition in /etc/default/grub :
> 
> GRUB_DEFAULT=saved
> 

That change would be enough then to enable it.

-- 
Felix Zielcke
Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer

Re: how 'default=saved' should work ?

[Frédéric Boiteux]

Le Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:28:02 +0100,
Felix Zielcke <fzielcke@z-51.de> a écrit :

> It's only in the experimental branch avaible, which is in Debian
> experimental.
> We only do trunk uploads to sid.
Ok, thanks for the precision : I found the doc on the Grub2 wiki, but
didn't notice it doesn't apply to current Sid package !

	Fred.

Re: how 'default=saved' should work ?

[Felix Zielcke]

Am Dienstag, den 22.12.2009, 13:36 +0100 schrieb Frédéric Boiteux:
> Le Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:28:02 +0100,
> Felix Zielcke <fzielcke@z-51.de> a écrit :
> 
> > It's only in the experimental branch avaible, which is in Debian
> > experimental.
> > We only do trunk uploads to sid.
> Ok, thanks for the precision : I found the doc on the Grub2 wiki, but
> didn't notice it doesn't apply to current Sid package !
> 
> 	Fred.

Ah a french page on the wiki has this.
Unfortunately I don't know more then 1-2 french words.
Would be nice if someone could note there that this currently only
applies to the experimental branch.


-- 
Felix Zielcke
Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer

Re: how 'default=saved' should work ?

[Frédéric Boiteux]

Le Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:47:23 +0100,
Felix Zielcke <fzielcke@z-51.de> a écrit :

> Am Dienstag, den 22.12.2009, 13:36 +0100 schrieb Frédéric Boiteux:
> > Le Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:28:02 +0100,
> > Felix Zielcke <fzielcke@z-51.de> a écrit :
> > 
> > > It's only in the experimental branch avaible, which is in Debian
> > > experimental.
> > > We only do trunk uploads to sid.
> > Ok, thanks for the precision : I found the doc on the Grub2 wiki,
> > but didn't notice it doesn't apply to current Sid package !
> > 
> > 	Fred.
> 
> Ah a french page on the wiki has this.
> Unfortunately I don't know more then 1-2 french words.
> Would be nice if someone could note there that this currently only
> applies to the experimental branch.

  I'll try to do it !

	Fred.

Re: how 'default=saved' should work ?

[Frédéric Boiteux]

Le Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:51:30 +0100,
Frédéric Boiteux <fboiteux@calistel.com> a écrit :

> > Ah a french page on the wiki has this.
> > Unfortunately I don't know more then 1-2 french words.
> > Would be nice if someone could note there that this currently only
> > applies to the experimental branch.
> 
Done.

	Fred.

Re: how 'default=saved' should work ?

[Felix Zielcke]

Am Dienstag, den 22.12.2009, 15:15 +0100 schrieb Frédéric Boiteux:
> Le Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:51:30 +0100,
> Frédéric Boiteux <fboiteux@calistel.com> a écrit :
> 
> > > Ah a french page on the wiki has this.
> > > Unfortunately I don't know more then 1-2 french words.
> > > Would be nice if someone could note there that this currently only
> > > applies to the experimental branch.
> > 
> Done.

Thanks.
> 	Fred.



-- 
Felix Zielcke
Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer