GRUB Problem

[Gibbsiz92]

Hello, I am a new user of Linux. I have just installed Ubuntu 10.10 and every time I turn my machine on I get the GRUB 1.9 boot loader with the following list:

Linux Ubuntu
Linux Ubuntu (recovery)
Memory test
Memory test (something else)
Windows recovery partition

I have one recovery partition (Dell Inspiron) at 10.00GB
And the rest of my hard drive is for Linux
(4000mb swap)
(305gb /)

This has only just started happening after I reinstalled 10.10 and wasn't behaving like this last night.

Does anyone know what the problem is - if there is one and how I may be able to resolve this, Thank you.

[gdawg]

Hi, is Ubuntu booting-up when you select it from the menu?

[Gibbsiz92]

Hey, sorry for the late reply. Yes, Ubuntu does boot-up when I select it. It's just strange how it had only started showing the GRUB interface after I re-installed the package.

[gdawg]

Hi, I don't know why the boot menu didn't appear before you re-installed the 10.10 version of Ubuntu. It now appears to be normal to me.

Kind regards

[Lostfarmer]

If you do not want to see the menu, change the 'timeout' value.
Read GRUB 2 bootloader - Full tutorial on how to do it and other useful info.

[Gibbsiz92]

okay, so this would be normal if I have only the Linux Operating System installed?

Thanks everyone.