[SOLVED] Boot automaticaly

[littlegreen]

Hey guys!

Erm... I'm the guy, whos boss made him setup a linux server

I have Ubuntu 9.10 setup... for the only purpose to be a public FTP server (don't ask)
Anyways....

I'm having the following issue:
Whenever I reboot the computer I get a list with kernels to choose from. Basicly I always choose the latest, but is there a way to get rid of that menu and just boot the latest kernel by default? I mean... if there's a power crash in the neighbourhood the computer will start, but won't boot and will be useless...

Thanks in advance.

[giammy]

Hi,

tipically grub runs the last kernel after a default timeout.
If you set the timeout to 1 (sec) it will start almost immediatly!

bye

[littlegreen]

Well... that's kind of my problem actually - there is no timeout... it just waits for a choice... could you please tell me how to change that?

[giammy]

Hi,

by default ubuntu should have a timeout: this is my file

/etc/default/grub

# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
GRUB_TIMEOUT="10"
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

My system has a 10sec timeout: check if you have a different value (I think -1 stands for wait forever)

bye

[reed9]

My system has a 10sec timeout: check if you have a different value (I think -1 stands for wait forever)

-1 does mean it waits for user input.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2

[devils casper]

To be on safer side, set GRUB_TIMEOUT="10" value to "2". Make sure to execute sudo update-grub command to generate new grub.cfg file after editing /etc/default/grub file.

[Kloschüssel]

Or you edit the file /boot/grub/menu.lst directly:

sudo nano /boot/grub/menu.lst

[devils casper]

Or you edit the file /boot/grub/menu.lst directly:

sudo nano /boot/grub/menu.lst

Hi and Welcome !

Ubuntu 9.10 has GRUB2 and it doesn't uses menu.lst file now. Conf files of GRUB2 are different form its earlier version, GRUB.

[Kloschüssel]

Hi and Welcome !

Ubuntu 9.10 has GRUB2 and it doesn't uses menu.lst file now. Conf files of GRUB2 are different form its earlier version, GRUB.

And there all shall bow before the superior knowledge of the master. I moved just last week to ubuntu because debian gets slightly cranky with updates/upgrades and am not yet that familiar with it's ways and tons of new packages. Thanks for the hint.

[littlegreen]

Hi,

by default ubuntu should have a timeout: this is my file

/etc/default/grub

# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
GRUB_TIMEOUT="10"
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

My system has a 10sec timeout: check if you have a different value (I think -1 stands for wait forever)

bye

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gianluca moro --- cloudusb.net

Hey guys!

Setting GRUB_TIMEOUT="2" solved my problem, so... thanks a lot! And keep up the good work!