Need to customize GRUB

[NightScreams]

I want to remove in GRUB, the "memtest options and "recovery linux" from Grub...so all that is shows me is Mint or Windows. i don't really need those other options, but mostly i want to quickly switch between the 2 with fewer key presses.

So can someone show me an edited Grub config file that will do this for me?
thanks

[ZubenElgenubi]

I dunno how do that, but you can use BURG (graphical frontend for GRUB, if you are interested I can help you, is a lot easy ).

[Ginsu543]

I want to remove in GRUB, the "memtest options and "recovery linux" from Grub...so all that is shows me is Mint or Windows. i don't really need those other options, but mostly i want to quickly switch between the 2 with fewer key presses.

So can someone show me an edited Grub config file that will do this for me?
thanks

Assuming you're running Grub2:

To remove the memtest86+ option from the Grub menu:
1) Go to Terminal
2) cd /etc/grub.d
3) Make the file "20_memtest86+" non-executable by issuing the following command:

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sudo chmod -x 20_memtest86+

To remove recovery mode:
1) Go to Terminal
2) cd /etc/default
3) Edit the "grub" file:

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gksu gedit grub

4) Uncomment the following line by deleting the # sign:

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# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
#GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"

After making the above changes, update grub by issuing the following command in Terminal:

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sudo update-grub

When you reboot, that should get you what you want.

Just FYI, you don't want to make changes to grub by directly editing the grub.cfg file because it is not a permanent file. Every time grub is updated (e.g., if you were to upgrade your kernel), grub.cfg gets overwritten and you would lose all the changes you made to it. Instead, you make changes to /etc/default/grub or the various scripts in /etc/grub.d/ and then run "sudo update-grub" to have grub itself generate the grub.cfg for you.

Hope that helps.

[kyphi]

Install grub-customizer

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sudo apt-get install grub-customizer

When you run the program (it takes a few seconds to read all the information), take the tick out of the boxes next to memtest. Save and exit.

[I2k4]

Agree with using Grub Customizer. Worked great to delete useless items and to reorder the choices (I wanted Windows 7 to be first / default.) However, I did find that "Recovery Console" choice useful when I had an unexpected problem so would caution against deleting it until you're sure your installation is bullet proof.

[NightScreams]

THANKS a ton. i have plenty more stupid questions in additional threads over the coming weeks. i also will be asking some retarded questions and maybe toss in a vegetable question in as well. your attendances are heavily suggested.