Description of problem: Whenever I install a new kernel some script updates my /boot/grub/grub.conf file, as it should. However, it makes the new kernel the default boot kernel, even if the old kernel was not the default, i.e. on my company provided laptop I boot on WindowsXP for work, the default, and under Linux, by manually interaction with grub, whenever I'm at home. The net result is that I have to re-edit grub.conf and change the default back to WindowsXP, which is a very minor annoyance, but one that could be avoided if the grub update script would only make the new kernel the default if the old (current) kernel was already the default. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): any for a while now How reproducible: after every single kernel update Steps to Reproduce: 1. yum update whenever there's a new kernel 2. 3. Actual results: default on /etc/grub.conf always points to the new kernel Expected results: More like desired results. Default to be kept if other than current kernel. Additional info:
Edit /etc/sysconfig/kernel and change UPDATEDEFAULT=yes to UPDATEDEFAULT=no
Guess that will do it in my case, though short of a UPDATEDEFAULT="if default" option. Thanks.