I'm using 1,97 of grub...I only know this coz its displayed on the screen I'm stuck on... Can't get passed this screen to get to synaptic or terminal... On 4 Oct 2010 21:03, "Neil Greenwood" <neil.greenwood....@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4 October 2010 20:16, javadayaz <javada...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Ok booted up....what next please? > ... > Sorry for the delay, I had to do some research on Grub1. :-) > > What version of grub are you running? That's the program that is > displaying the boot menu. > You can look in Synaptic and search for 'grub', or type 'dpkg --list > grub' in a terminal - if this is installed the last line shown will > start 'ii'. > > If the 'grub' package is installed, that's Grub1. Otherwise you're > using Grub2 (which probably has a version number of 1.97 or 1.98). > > For Grub1, you need to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst (that's LST in lower > case), and 'uncomment' the 'hiddenmenu' option. IIRC, it will > currently have 2 # marks at the front of the line, change it to just > 1. > > For Grub2 you need to edit /etc/default/grub, and you need to look for > the GRUB_TIMEOUT and GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT values. GRUB_TIMEOUT should > be set to 0 (zero). GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT should be set to a value > between zero and about 2. > > Whichever file you are editing, you will need to have root permission > to edit it (try Alt-F2, then type 'gksu gedit <filename>' without the > quotes and replacing the filename for the relevant version of Grub). > > > If you get stuck, let us know. > > Cofion, > > Neil. > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wi... >
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