[ale] default grub entry

[Alex Carver]

On 2017-04-24 15:26, Leam Hall wrote:
> On 04/24/17 18:18, Alex Carver wrote:
>> How does one pick a particular configuration as the default entry in
>> grub?
>>
>> I've got a problem on one laptop where the initramfs using systemd shuts
>> the laptop down as soon as it starts.  There's a second image that uses
>> sysvinit which works fine.  I want to have grub find that one and make
>> it default any time it updates (e.g. when Debian reruns its grub updater
>> during package upgrades).
>>
>> There's a few kernels listed in a submenu of the grub menu while the
>> first item in the menu to boot is the systemd version that needs
>> changing.

> 
> "default=0", or whatever stanza you want, counting from the top and
> starting at 0.
> 
> default=0
> timeout=15
> splashimage=(hd0,2)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> title CentOS New (2.6.32-696.1.1.el6.x86_64)
>     root (hd0,2)
>     kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-696.1.1.el6.x86_64 ro root=/dev/sda2
>     initrd /initramfs-2.6.32-696.1.1.el6.x86_64.img

Doesn't work for submenu entries.

It used to boot fine, some update broke everything, fortunately sysvinit
is still installed on the system.