solved: Changing timeout in Grub2

[hermann]

Hi folks,
first please excuse my bad englisch. I like to change the boot time in grub. I ve tried "nano sudo /boot/grub/menu.lst" but the directory is empty. Have somebody an advice

regards hermann

[linuxviolin]

I ve tried "nano sudo /boot/grub/menu.lst" but the directory is empty.

This way is for GRUB Legacy not GRUB 2. The principal file, but very poor, is /etc/default/grub You'll find in it the line you seek.

Little reminder: to validate any changes to GRUB 2, it must use the command:

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# update-grub

if you are root or

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$ sudo update-grub

if not.

[hermann]

Thanks linuxviolon for your quick answer. But I found the timeout-setting per : sudo nano /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Regards, hermann

[hermann]

O.K. the correct order is sudo nano /etc/default/grub
Thank you. hermann

[linuxviolin]

But I found the timeout-setting per : sudo nano /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Yes this file exists but must not be modified manually.

It's in the /etc directory we must look for the options. The main file, though very poor, is /etc/default/grub and all the scripts that handle GRUB 2 are in /etc/grub.d/


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