Syslinux - Feb 2009 - remember chosen label and re-use for next boot

Hi,


I have just converted from grub (legacy) and am now using extlinux, 
which makes me a very happy camper by the way :-)

There is one thing I am missing though, grub has the possibility to 
remember the chosen label and re-use that as default for the next boot.

Is there something I missed in the documentation (would not be the first 
time ;-)) or is such a feature intentionally left out?
I can probably work around this by tweaking my extlinux.conf in an init 
script and move "MENU default" to another label, but I am curious if 
there is another easier and more standard approach.

Thanks for any help.


Olaf

Olaf Westrik wrote:
> 
> I have just converted from grub (legacy) and am now using extlinux, 
> which makes me a very happy camper by the way :-)
> 
> There is one thing I am missing though, grub has the possibility to 
> remember the chosen label and re-use that as default for the next boot.
> 
> Is there something I missed in the documentation (would not be the first 
> time ;-)) or is such a feature intentionally left out?
> I can probably work around this by tweaking my extlinux.conf in an init 
> script and move "MENU default" to another label, but I am curious
if
> there is another easier and more standard approach.
> 
It's not intentionally left out, but it's not implemented either.
You're actually the first one to have asked!

It would be quite easy to implement using the ADV feature to remember
the previously selected menu option.

	-hpa

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