Bug#574617: Default Not Working At All?

[Colin Watson]

On Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 11:28:23AM -0700, mpapet wrote:
> For example, I have three GRUB entries, default Debian(0), rescue mode(1), and
> a WinXP partition(2).  Changing /etc/default/grub/GRUB_DEFAULT=2, saving, then
> running grub-install /dev/sda does not change the /boot/grub/grub.cfg to start
> on the winXP partition as default.

grub-install never modifies /boot/grub/grub.cfg.  Try update-grub.

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at debian.org]