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grub package

  1. Bug #31915
  2. Comment #9

Comment 9 for bug 31915

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Peter Whittaker (pwwnow) wrote : No errors, but unexpected results (Re: Latest grub package (0.97-1ubuntu4) breaks /sbin/grub-reboot)

I've just tried this a couple of times - grub still picks the first kernel in the list instead of the one I've specified using grub-reboot.

FWIW, at least there are no error messages anymore - but the overall behavior is still in error, since grub boots the wrong kernel.

Here is a "screen capture" showing what happens at the command line:

    $ sudo grub-reboot 2
    Password:
    Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
    Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time.

           [ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For
             the first word, TAB lists possible command
             completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible
             completions of a device/filename. ]
    grub> savedefault --once --default=2
    grub> quit

    Do you want to reboot now? [y/N] y

I choose yes, grub-reboot reboots the system without further informational or error messages, but instead of the 3rd kernel on this (3-1=2), I get the first one. FWIW, I've attached my /boot/grub/menu.lst.

Also FYI, this system is no longer dual-boot, Windows was toasted a long time ago, so this isn't pressing, but it is annoying.

All of this on a ThinkPad A20m, Edgy (Linux EdgeKeep-PC001 2.6.17-10-386 #2 Fri Oct 13 18:41:40 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux), grub 0.97-11ubuntu14.