Grub config file editing

[Dotan Cohen]

On 2/16/06, Jeff Vian <jvian10 at charter.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-02-16 at 22:07 +0800, John Summerfied wrote:
>
> It does not "remember" your previous selection.  It does *always* boot
> the kernel marked as default unless you make some other selection from
> the menu.
>

Can I only boot from options in the menu? If I _know_ that I want to
boot from hdb8 or from (1,8) can I do it from grub, or must I first
boot the system, then edit the config file, then restart, to boot from
my desired partion?

Dotan Cohen
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