tech291083 Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 hi, just installed fedora core 5 with windows as dual boot up system but the problems is when the pc starts the time before linux can boot or other os ie windows can be chosen to boot is hardly 5 secs how can i change this? thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 I would say, changing /boot/grub/menu.lst or /boot/grub/grub.conf not sure which one it uses. In here is a line that says the delay timeout so you can just increase to 10 seconds or something. Then reboot and test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 Edit as root /boot/grub/menu.lst and change the "timeout" value to something you like. e.g. timeout 8 (= selects default entry after 8 seconds) edit: posted at the same second as Ian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlc Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 Just in case you want a third one...... /etc/grub.conf /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/grub.conf Top 2 point to the bottom one, so if you want to remember one in Fedora, use the last one. And if you don't want to go into the file.... Keep in mind sed *-i* makes the change for you and saves the file so make sure what your doing! :o sed -i s/timeout=5/timeout=30/ /boot/grub/grub.conf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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