Unable to set 'savedefault' in menu.lst for grub

English Install/Boot/Login
#1

This is my menu.lst:


# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Thu Feb  5 21:57:43 CET 2009
default saved
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd0,5)/boot/message
##YaST - activate

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows###
title Windows XP SP3
    rootnoverify (hd0,0)
    chainloader +1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title openSUSE 11.1 - 2.6.27.7-9
    root (hd0,5)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.7-9-pae root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-TOSHIBA_MK1246GSX_384LC32PT-part6 resume=/dev/sda5 splash=silent showopts vga=0x317
    initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.27.7-9-pae

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.1 - 2.6.27.7-9
    root (hd0,5)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.7-9-pae root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-TOSHIBA_MK1246GSX_384LC32PT-part6 showopts ide=nodma apm=off noresume nosmp maxcpus=0 edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 x11failsafe vga=0x317
    initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.27.7-9-pae

I would like to set the option ‘savedefault’ on both SUSE and Windows, but when I try to add that line to menu.lst, no mather if I do the change to windows or SUSE, that line in grub stops working, instead of launching the operating system it starts complaining in a manner similar to “file not found”.

Beeing new to SUSE I figured that YAST could perhaps solve the problem for me, but that does not even seem to be aware of the ‘savedefault’-switch.

Can anyone shed some light over this? Because it works like a charm on my Ubuntu machine.

Sincerely,
Mattias

#2

I may be deluded but I seem to remember that SUSE is using a slightly patched version of GRUB without that feature. Do a web search to see if this has been mentioned before anywhere on the Internet.

#3

That was my first thought as well, but I have been unable to locate any text describing this.

I have however been able to locate pages like this: [openSUSE] openSUSE 11.0-402550] Installation of openSuSE 11.0 final on Toshiba A300-12H Yast2 created unusable Vista boot configuration](http://webui.sourcelabs.com/yast/issues/402550)

Which, if you look at that users working config, contains the ‘savedefault’.

That is regarding 11.0 while I run 11.1, but even so.