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grub2 package

dual boot menu time out too long

Asked by j,jackson

when the dual boot menu comes up it takes about 10 secondsbefore it starts to load linux Ubuntu 9.10. How can i reduce this time ?. When i go to boot/grub/menuu.lst its not there as a time out. Any help please.

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Best Digvijay Patankar (dbpatankar) said : 		#1

since ubuntu 9.10 is having GRUB2 you need to change the file /etc/default/grub
open this file and look for GRUB_TIMEOUT=10
and change the number 10 to whatever you want.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#2

Don't forget to run the following command after editing the file /etc/default/grub :

sudo update-grub

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j,jackson (jonjac3) said : 		#3

Thanks Digvijay Patankar, that solved my question.

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j,jackson (jonjac3) said : 		#4

Thanks for the quick response Digvijay, and also Mark
                                                                                              I would never have found it otherwise
                                                                                                                                                                J.J.