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  • How to set OS selection timeout in GRUB?

    Kaustubh Katdare

    Administrator

    Updated: Oct 23, 2024
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    I hope I titled the post appropriately 😀. I only get 4 seconds to select the OS on my machine.

    I know that there's a setting which allows me to set the time to 15 seconds. Please tell me what/where is the setting 😒 ?

    -The Big K-

    p.s: The question is 'too basic' (??). I've not yet jumped out of Windows, you see 😉
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  • desijays

    Member • Dec 8, 2006

    okay, you never mentioned what distro you are using. But i'll presume you are using either an RPM based or DEB based distro.

    for once stay at the computer while booting and within four seconds log into the linux OS.

    After you are logged in, search for a file called /boot/grub/grub.conf (older versions) or /boot/grub/menu.lst (newer version). Either one of them are just plain normal text files. Open the file with a normal text editor (vi, emacs or alike).

    Scroll down a bit. You will see an entry that says something like "timeout" and a few tabs away you will see a number. The number is the parameter in seconds. Change that parameter to the number of seconds you want.

    I think your problem must be solved by now. 😀

    peace
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  • pad

    Member • Dec 11, 2006

    and then dont forget to run

    #grub-install


    this will actually make the changes effective
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  • Kaustubh Katdare

    Administrator • Dec 11, 2006

    Thanks desijays & pad 😀

    The problem has been solved


    -The Big K-
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