How to edit the bootloader wait time? [SOLVED]

[visk]

How do I edit the wait time of grub?
default is 10s ... I think 3 is more than enough to make mint boot faster ...

btw there's any graphical piece of software to easily manage that ?

[Aging Technogeek]

If you are using Mint 8, open Package Manager and search for and install "startupmanager". This gives you a graphical way to set Grub timeout, default boot, and even change the usplash.

In Mint 7 startupmanager is not as useful (bugs in launcher and less functions) but the version of Grub used is easier to edit, Open a terminal and type in

gksu gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

Enter your password when asked, find the line near the beginning of menu.lst that reads

timeout = 10

change the 10 to a 3, save the changes and close the window.

[Lits]

That only works if you have Mint 7 and below which uses Grub1. If you have mint 8 which has grub2, you need to go to /etc/default/grub. In the grub file change
GRUB_TIMEOUT=10
to
GRUB_TIMEOUT=3

then go to the terminal and run:

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sudo update-grub