GRUB_DEFAULT, saved

[Black_Moon]

I have 2 OS on my notebook: WinXP & Kubuntu 9.10 (kernel Linux 2.6.31-16-generic)

Grub2 has new feature - ability to put value SAVED in GRUB_DEFAULT. (load last success OS).
I tryed so - but always had first menu point.

Here's my my grub menu-list:

Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-16-generic
Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-16-generic (recovery mode)
Memory test (memtest86+)
Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)
Microsoft Windows XP Professional RU (on /dev/sda1)

And sda (320 Gb) has partitions:

sda1 - ntfs (WinXP)
sda5 - ntfs
sda6 - ext4 (/)
sda7 - swap
sda8 - ext4 (/home)

If previous OS was Linux - saved menu works, if WinXP - doesn't work - shows first line of menu-list.
How I can save WinXP as saved grub menu?
Thanks.

[mikewhatever]

Somewhat obvious, but did you run <sudo update-grub> after making the change?

[Black_Moon]

Somewhat obvious, but did you run <sudo update-grub> after making the change?

Yes.

May be it hapens due partitions?

[john newbuntu]

Set it as follows (lowercase) in /etc/default/grub and run sudo update grub.
GRUB_DEFAULT=saved

[Black_Moon]

john newbuntu

Thanks a lot, lowcase works!! ++

GRUB_DEFAULT=saved

[j_keiter]

First 'sudo update grub' did not work for me. I had to 'sudo update-grub'. Second 'GRUB_DEFAULT=saved' did not work. Still booted to Ubuntu instead of Linux Mint after rebooting while using Linux Mint. Last operating system used did not get saved and reloaded as supposed to. Jason Keiter

[wildmanne39]

Old thread closed! Please start a new thread you can link to this one if you need too.
Thanks