This is what we said a month or so ago.
On Sunday 01 Nov 2009, Andrew Morgan wrote:
> Hi Terry,
>
> I have just had to do the same thing on my work laptop which is now
> running Ubuntu 9.10. I'm not sure if this is the same in Kubuntu but
> here's the way I did it:
>
> Install StartUp-Manager. This can be found in Ubuntu Software Centre, or
> by running 'apt-get install startupmanager' if you prefer.
>
> This creates a launcher in System/Administration called StartUp-Manager.
> I think once you run this you'll work out how to change the default
> operating system, its the big obvious drop-down list box marked 'Default
> operating system'. :)
>
> I did change the Bootloader menu resolution (Advanced tab) which worked
> fine, but this simply ended up with the text becoming smaller. Would be
> useful if you have a lot in the list though.
>
> The other thing I did was edit /etc/default/grub and un-comment the last
> line:
> GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_RECOVERY="true"
> This gets rid of the (recovery) menu options. The difference between
> these and the normal ones is that the options 'quiet splash' are removed
> and 'single' is added. I have never used a recovery option and I'm sure
> I can edit the grub entry if I need to do this, also it looks slightly
> neater.
>
> This method didn't require any coffee products or logos, and you may
> have noticed that I have not quoted any text so I can't be accused of
> top- or bottom- posting. Aren't I good? :)
>
> ps. My work laptop shuts down/reboots in about 3-4 seconds! I was
> amased. But then it isn't much more than a default install + mpd.
>
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Terry Coles
64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux
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