Increase Auto-Load Time of Grub

[Karl Larsen]

Schiz0 wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I have a dual-boot setup (Windows XP and Ubuntu Hardy). Right now, the
> auto-load wait time of grub (where I have a choice to select what OS I
> want to boot) is only like 7 seconds. Is there a way I can increase it
> to, say, 60 seconds?
>
> Thanks.
>
>   
    You can make it 2 hours if you want. Here is my setting from 
/boot/grub/menu.lst..

karl at karl-hardy:~$ cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
#            grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
#            grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
#            and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.

## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 
0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default 
entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not use 'savedefault' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default        0

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the 
default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout        10

Where it says timeout   10 it means 10 seconds. Make it what you want.

Karl


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