In the grub,how to change the delay time before system start?

[jiyiche]

I want to install my system on my U-Disk.So I need to delay the time when system starting before the system recognized the U-Disk.How to change it in the grub?
If I change it ,how can I save it in order not to change it every time I start the computer?Is it in the /boot/grub/menu.lst?

[reed9]

If I change it ,how can I save it in order not to change it every time I start the computer?Is it in the /boot/grub/menu.lst?

Yes, it is. Look for the timeout option.

# general configuration:
timeout   5
default   0

[Rubberman]

In /boot/grub/grub.conf, change the line timeout=NN where NN is the number of seconds (my is set to 10) to whatever timeout is reasonable for you. You need to edit the file as root (or sudo) with something like VI, and then save it. The next time you boot, the new timeout will be in effect.

[reed9]

In /boot/grub/grub.conf, change the line timeout=NN where NN is the number of seconds (my is set to 10) to whatever timeout is reasonable for you. You need to edit the file as root (or sudo) with something like VI, and then save it. The next time you boot, the new timeout will be in effect.

Is that specific to GRUB in Fedora/RHEL? I don't have a grub.conf. I can't recall if Ubuntu did before the GRUB2 switch. My timeout is in menu.lst.

[Rubberman]

On some systems menu.lst is a soft link to grub.conf. You should be able to edit it in any case.