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Idea #8570: Reduce GRUB timeout

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #42: Speed Up Ubuntu-Gnome boot time.
Written by Eldmannen the 14 May 08 at 21:20. Category: System. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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Ubuntu uses 3 seconds timeout for the GRUB bootloader.

That is 3 seconds it just waits and does nothing, before it boots Ubuntu.

Reduce the timeout to something less.
2, 1 or preferably 0.

This would make the booting faster.
Tags: grub

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Written by Eldmannen the 14 May 08 at 21:20.
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glibik wrote on the 14 May 08 at 22:45

~$ sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

Find the line starting with the word timeout and change the number to what ever you desire.

I advise against setting it zero (0) as that would make it almost impossible to bring your system up in single user mode if there were a problem. Personally, I think the timeout should be a little longer, say 5 seconds. But that's just me.


majiq wrote on the 15 May 08 at 00:59
If you really feel for this, try suggesting development on a GRUB GUI for editing these properties. Or maybe there already is one?

broomfighter wrote on the 15 May 08 at 01:10
@glibik:
actually, when you set it to zero, you can press esc during the motherboard splash and grub will launch

dave3281 wrote on the 15 May 08 at 03:00
sudo apt-get install startupmanager
or search for it in synaptic

This is a GUI program that lets you configure all sorts of startup stuff including grub load time

aaaantoine wrote on the 15 May 08 at 03:41
For what it's worth, I think Microsoft's bootloader has the same behavior as GRUB's, except that it's more like 2 seconds, and that it isn't verbose about it.


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