[svlug] Booting to different kernel?

[Scott DuBois]

On 06/07/2014 01:09 PM, Karen Shaeffer wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 07, 2014 at 12:00:07AM -0700, crquan wrote:
>>
>> Yes, you may look /boot/grub/menu.lst and better to change in
>> /etc/default/grub (For Ubuntu),
>> there you may just change one line GRUB_DEFAULT=... and run
>> update-grub to update
>> /boot/grub/menu.lst; if you manually change /boot/grub/menu.lst,
>> that's not recommended,
>> because in future if you update ubuntu, get another kernel will
>> overwrite /boot/grub/menu.lst,
>> so you'd better to change /etc/default/grub, future kernel upgrades
>> would take care of that,
>>
> --- end quoted text ---
> 
> Hi,
> Yes, but that's the difference between someone who is an expert in linux
> systems and a casual user. I would definitely prefer to manage my config
> files myself. I've been doing that since 1997 and learn far more when some
> script messes it up. On the other hand, my point of view isn't applicable
> to most users and certainly wasn't best advice to John. In retrospect, I
> should have just ignored the call for help and minded my own business.
> 
> enjoy,
> Karen
> 

Hmmm, don't know if this would be considered any kind of expert issue
unless expert is anyone doing things beyond point-and-click users but,
here are a couple of links that reference the material previously mentioned.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1535779

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Submenus

I also looked through the recent Ubuntu Unleashed guide but couldn't
find any useful information for this one. I will follow up by asking
through the Ubuntu Ca team and see if anyone has other reference
material or suggestions.

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