Preserving menu.lst entry for Windows XP

[pwabrahams]

I don't know just what updating actions trigger it, but periodically I find that the entry I placed in /boot/grub/menu.lst for booting Windows XP has been replaced by a default entry, which refers to the wrong partition. Is there any way I can prevent the updater, whichever one it is, from clobbering the entry I put there?

[Qqmike]

Re: Preserving menu.lst entry for Windows XP

Put your entire Windows boot stanza just BEFORE the line *** Begin Automagic Kernels List.
That’s the lines:
title Windows
root
makeactive
chainload3er +1
# and whatever else might be there


How To GRUB Methods - Toolkit
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3081671.0
The following topics are covered here, by date—see the posts that follow.

Scroll down to the second post: Change the Default Operating System (Also: Changing the timeout, boot menu, and other tips)
April 21, 2007


I think this is getting in the way (in your menu.lst):

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

(is yours set for true?)
Anyway, the fix will fix it.

[dibl]

Re: Preserving menu.lst entry for Windows XP

I think you get the same result by putting the Windows boot info AFTER the line that looks like this:

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

[Qqmike]

Re: Preserving menu.lst entry for Windows XP

It would solve his current problem but might create a new problem.
If Windows is his default, every time there's a kernel update added between the *** Beginning and the *** End, then his default numbering will be thrown off (n will become n+1). Whereas, putting Windows in position 0, it will never change, unless he puts another OS just before Windows in a new position 0.

[pwabrahams]

Re: Preserving menu.lst entry for Windows XP

It would solve his current problem but might create a new problem.
If Windows is his default, every time there's a kernel update added between the *** Beginning and the *** End, then his default numbering will be thrown off (n will become n+1). Whereas, putting Windows in position 0, it will never change, unless he puts another OS just before Windows in a new position 0.

That's exactly the problem I had.

[Qqmike]

Re: Preserving menu.lst entry for Windows XP

Oh, OK. Then the fix which is an over-fix fixed it anyway!
I thought perhaps, somehow, your Windows entry was misplaced between the *** Begin and ***End. In any case, as you can see, using the zero position just before *** Begin fixes many issues. Thanks for your feedback.