Re: [bugs #12460] Removing "default=0" has no effect - first OS is always booted automatically

[Jason Thomas]

13.1.4 timeout
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 -- Command: timeout sec
     Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the
     default entry (normally the first entry defined).


On Fri, Mar 25, 2005 at 05:27:56PM +0000, anonymous wrote:
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>                  Summary: Removing "default=0" has no effect - first OS is
> always booted automatically
>                  Project: GNU GRUB
>             Submitted by: None
>             Submitted on: Fri 03/25/2005 at 12:27
>                 Category: Configuration
>                 Severity: Major
>                 Priority: 5 - Normal
>               Item Group: Software Error
>                   Status: None
>                  Privacy: Public
>              Assigned to: None
>          Originator Name: Graham Leggett
>         Originator Email: address@hidden
>              Open/Closed: Open
>                  Release: 0.95-3
>          Reproducibility: None
>          Planned Release: 
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> Details:
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> When using grub from Fedora Core 3 to boot into Fedora/WinXP, the default
> contiguration is to boot into the first OS by default.
> 
> According to the manual, the line "default=0" causes the first OS to be
> booted. Removing this line has no effect - the first OS is still booted into
> instead of there being just a menu.
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Jason Thomas
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