How do I unhide boot menu in 10.04 LTS?

[Goh Lip]

On 06/02/2010 11:23 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 02/06/10 13:17, Sid Boyce wrote:
>> I googled for ages but found nothing. I have to boot from CD and change
>> "default" in grub.cfg.
>> Timeout is set to the default setting of 10 seconds and escape doesn't work.
>> Amazingly this makes it harder for a seasoned user than for a newbie who
>> would just wait or hit enter.
>> Regards
>> Sid.
>>
>
> I think that you need to press ESC when it is 'booting'
>
> BC
>
"shift' key not 'esc'.

but to make this permanent.....
kdesudo kate /etc/default/grub
modify these lines to...

#GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true

note you can also set timeout in secs on
GRUB_TIMEOUT=10

save, exit; at terminal
sudo update-grub

Regards - Goh Lip
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