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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] pyGrub: Fix default when out of range

To: Michal Novotny <minovotn@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] pyGrub: Fix default when out of range
From: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:54:33 +0100
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Michal Novotny writes ("[Xen-devel] [PATCH] pyGrub: Fix default when out of 
range"):
> this is the patch to fix pyGrub default value when it's being set out of 
> range. This patch makes the quiet and interactive mode select the same 
> default image when the default value for boot entry is out of range, 
> i.e. when the guest is having wrong configuration in it's boot loader 
> (like 3 entries with default mistakenly set to 10 etc).

I'm not sure this is right.  What does grub proper do with invalid
defaults ?  Is it really correct to blunder on and just use the first
one as a default ?

Sorry to quibble.

Ian.

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