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From: "Lennart Sorensen" <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
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Subject: Re: How to pick a kernel to boot ?
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On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 04:46:19PM +0200, Luk=C3=A1=C5=A1 Czerner wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> I have a simple question about grub2 which I can not find satisfying
> answer to.
>=20
> What is a proper way to pick a kernel to boot from in case I have
> multiple kernels installed ? Note that picking the right kernel from
> the menu is not an option I do not always have access to the
> console.
>=20
> With grub legacy, this was easy. Simply edit
>=20
>  /boot/grub/menu.lst
>=20
> and pick the right number. All the information I need are in that
> file.
>=20
> So what is a recommended way to do this with grub2 ?

Same thing in /boot/grub/grub.cfg.  There is default with a number.

--=20
Len Sorensen