- # try to get default kernel from lilo
- if type lilo >/dev/null 2>&1; then
- default_kernel=$( lilo -t -v 2>/dev/null \
- | grep -B3 '[*]$' \
- | sed -n -e '/^Boot image: / { s///p; q; }' )
+ # try to get default kernel from grub2
+ if [ -z "$default_kernel" -a -r "/boot/grub/grub.cfg" ]; then
+ default_kernel=$( awk '
+ $0 ~ /^set default=".*"/ {
+ def = gensub(/default="(.*)"/, "\\1", "1", $2);
+ if (def !~ /^[0-9]+$/) { exit }
+ }
+ $1 == "menuentry" { menuentry+=1 }
+ $1 == "linux" && menuentry==def+1 { print $2; exit }' \
+ /boot/grub/grub.cfg 2>/dev/null )