linux tips

When Ubuntu boots, grub gets loaded and will display the OS for only 5 sec, now if you want to increase this time or to decrease it.

Open up the /boot/grub/menu.lst file in your favorite text editor. you can use gedit:

sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

Now find the section that looks like this:

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout 5

The timeout value is in seconds, specify the time you required. Save the file, and when you reboot you will have that many seconds to choose the menu item you want.

This is how my file looks

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout         15

please note that the above text is only part of my menu.lst.

If you want grub to wait for you to take an action before continue, comment the timeout line, or erase it.