On Wednesday 10 January 2001 01:59 am, you wrote:
> Could someone please explain what configuration file grub uses to
> decide which partition to boot from and how long to wait before
> booting the default option. What line is used to specify the wait
> time? What is the time unit? s? ms?
>
> I have a dual boot machine using System commander in the
> master boot record and grub in hda5 to boot Linux Mandrake 7.2.
> Grub immediately starts to boot the default OS (LM7.2 on
> hda5)...no delay at all.
>
> The file /boot/grub/menu.lst contains an entry "default 10".
> Changing the number makes no difference in the delay. Inserting
> the line "timeout XX" where XX is any number makes no difference.
> It appears that this is not the correct file.
>
> TIA
> Paul
/boot/grub/menu.lst
The first line says 'timeout' . It's in seconds. The default is 5 seconds,
but you can set it for whatever you like. Also about the fifth line is where
you can set your default os/boot preference. The first os in the list is 0,
the second is 1, 3rd = 2, etc.
-s
