debian install bigmem kernel

The Bigmem Kernel

sudo apt-get install linux-image-2.6-686-bigmem


Configuring Grub


grep "Debian GNU" /boot/grub/menu.lst | nl -v0
0 title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-5-k7
1 title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-5-k7 (single-user mode)
2 title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-5-686-bigmem
3 title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-5-686-bigmem (single-user mode)
4 title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-4-k7
5 title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-4-k7 (single-user mode)


1. So what is the current default entry?

sudo grep ^default /boot/grub/menu.lst
default 0

2. sudo vim /boot/grub/menu.lst