Bug#462701: #462701 - grub: savedefault menu.lst option results in unbootable system

[Ross Boylan]

On Fri, 2008-03-14 at 00:34 +0000, Steve Parker wrote:
> From the bug report:
> Robert>> Could you provide a suggested text?
> Ross>> Since I don't understand what's going on, I'm afraid I can't.
> 
> 
> Here's a suggested wording:
> 
> The "savedefault" option on unclean filesystems will cause grub to fail to boot the kernel.
> The "savedefault=false" option will avoid this problem. The alternative workaround is to edit the grub menu interactively on boot.
> 
Is this the meaning of the final sentence:
If you set savedefault=true and find that your system is unbootable, you
can start it by editing the grub menu interactively [how?] at boot time.
?

Also, some of the earlier discussion seemed to imply this was a problem
only with some file systems.

Ross

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