[SOLVED] Howto get rid of GRUB bootmenu?

[Yes!]

Hi,

I am trying to make my system automatically boot beyond the GRUB menu.
The system will function as a server, but i have not manage to get it automatically boot Linux.

I have configured the default=0 and timeout=5, but still no luck.

I have also tried different distro's (Debian Lenny, Centos 5.4), always the same problem. (So probably a hardware configuration problem?)

The system is a AMD XP 6000+ with 1GB memory.
The system contains 1 SATA disk (500 GB) and 1 SATA DVD writer.

The system boots & runs without problems after hitting the enter key in the GRUB menu, but since it is meant to automatically restart after reboot this is not the desired behaviour.

I have read about some problems with GRUB:
[utl]https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468526[/url]


Anyone knows how to skip the GRUB bootmenu or point me in the right direction of configuring another boot loader.

Only thing i need is autostart into my distro.

Thanks & Regards

[jayd512]

Hello and Welcome!

Have you tried timeout=0?

[Lostfarmer]

It should boot with out pressing any key, so must ask did you remove any # sign in frount of the default and timeout entries ?

If it still does not work post menu., we might see some error.

[devils casper]

# timeout will disable timeout and GRUB will not any OS unless User selects it manually.

Set timeout value to 0 and GRUB will load it instantly. In case it doesn't work, post the contents of grub.conf file here. There could be a typo in that file which is not letting timeout to take effect.

[Yes!]

Hi,
thank you all for your suggestions.
Unfortunately i could not response earlier because i was at the office and this is my personal server at home.

Hello and Welcome!

Have you tried timeout=0?

Thanks!
Yes i did. I also tried totally commenting out the timeout setting, all with no luck.

It should boot with out pressing any key, so must ask did you remove any # sign in frount of the default and timeout entries ?

If it still does not work post menu., we might see some error.

There were no comment # signs before the entries.
See my menu here after.

# timeout will disable timeout and GRUB will not any OS unless User selects it manually.

Set timeout value to 0 and GRUB will load it instantly. In case it doesn't work, post the contents of grub.conf file here. There could be a typo in that file which is not letting timeout to take effect.

I have tried timeout with different value, with no effect at all.


Here is my current menu:

default=0
timeout=0
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title CentOS (2.6.18-164.10.1.el5)
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
        initrd /initrd-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5.img
title CentOS (2.6.18-164.el5)
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-164.el5 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
        initrd /initrd-2.6.18-164.el5.img

Regards.

[Yes!]

I have installed Ubuntu Server.
No problems with booting automatically into the system.

No idea what caused the problem with Debian & Centos, but for now i'm sticking with this distro.

Thanks for willing to help.