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#1 2010-03-12 01:25:34

chakra-user
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Registered: 2010-03-07
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[SOLVED]Countdown in OS Selection screen in Grub

Hi,
         How do I get timeout(seconds ticking) in the OS Selection page of Grub when booting the comp. instead of the console before even the selection options come.

Last edited by chakra-user (2010-03-12 15:05:26)

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#2 2010-03-12 01:32:15

CountDuckula
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Registered: 2010-02-28
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Re: [SOLVED]Countdown in OS Selection screen in Grub

If I understand you right, you want to change the timeout value for grub? If so, edit value "Timeout" in /boot/grub/menu.lst

Dont forget to back the file up before making changes

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#3 2010-03-12 07:53:41

chakra-user
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Re: [SOLVED]Countdown in OS Selection screen in Grub

No I mean to show Count down on the OS Selection Menu screen. Currently I have say Timeout value of 10, then I see message such as(not on arch box right now so giving from what I remember)
Press esc to go ahead...:9<<count down from 10..0>> On the Screen after BIOS POST Test and grub loaded, but before the OS Choice grub screen. If I press esc then I get the screen where I can select which OS I want to boot into i.e Arch Linux, Fallback, Vista etc. On other OS, I get this Choice screen with the count down at the bottom and if I don't select any OS before the countdown becomes 0 then the default OS gets booted. So I want to see it this way and not count but no os menu and on next page os menu with no countdown.

Hope I have explained the situation.

Last edited by chakra-user (2010-03-12 07:54:38)

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#4 2010-03-12 07:56:30

schuay
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Re: [SOLVED]Countdown in OS Selection screen in Grub

Remove 'hiddenmenu' from /boot/grub/menu.lst.

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#5 2010-03-12 15:05:11

chakra-user
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Registered: 2010-03-07
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Re: [SOLVED]Countdown in OS Selection screen in Grub

Thanks schay. It worked.Wonder why it is not in the default setup of Arch/Chakra when it shud have been just like in all OS.

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