On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:41:14 +1100 Zenaan Harkness <z...@freedbms.net> wrote:
> I'm on a Lenovo Thinkpad X220 laptop. > > $ uname -v > #1 SMP Debian 3.2.32-1 > > $ grub-mkconfig --version > grub-mkconfig (GRUB) 1.99-23 > > $ cat /etc/debian_version > wheezy/sid > > $ sudo update-grub > Generating grub.cfg ... > Found background > image: /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-grub.png Found linux > image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-amd64 Found initrd > image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-4-amd64 Found linux > image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-3-amd64 Found initrd > image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-3-amd64 Found Windows 7 (loader) > on /dev/sda1 Found Windows 7 (loader) on /dev/sda2 > done > > Now, I searched the d-u archives, so sorry if this has been covered, > but I couldn't find it. I've also been googling and reading various > websites, trying various /etc/default/grub combinations, reading > grub-mkconfig man/info, but to no avail so far. > > What I want to achieve: > A hidden grub menu, with or without a "press key for menu" > timeout/countdown; if I am holding down SHIFT or some other key on > boot, I want the grub menu to appear, but not otherwise. > > Is this possible? > > If so, how to? I believe it is GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT in /etc/default/grub. Set it to 5. If no key is pressed during that timeout...then system boots. I don't know whether the other timeout affects it. Actually on my system the keyword is not even in the file...I got the info from info -f grub -n "Simple Configuration" -- Frank McCormick <debianl...@videotron.ca> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121221001958.4bf29ad4f34b9416d8355...@videotron.ca
