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• Brent F

  

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  January 24, 2011 4:22 PM PST

  I'm on a dual booted Ubuntu 10.04/wattOS R3 system.  I logged into the Ubuntu side, and did a package update, including Grub2.  Everything was great until I rebooted....It immediately loaded Ubuntu, no option to select a different OS. 

  I ran update-grub2 - no change.

  This is where Grub Customizer came in.  I added the PPA to my repo list, reloaded and installed.  I ran the gui and seen my 'delay' time was set to 0 and it defaulted to the first OS on the list.  I changed the delay, then rebooted, all was well once again!  Nice and easy.

  Here's it's launchpad link for those that might find it helpful.

  launchpad.net/grub-customizer

  Enjoy!

  Brent

   

  
  This post was edited by Brent F at January 24, 2011 4:25 PM PST
• biff baxter

  

  • 464 posts
   

  January 24, 2011 7:15 PM PST

  Sweet...I have always did this by hand...I will have to check it out...
• Chris Martin

  

  • 52 posts
   

  January 24, 2011 7:49 PM PST

  There's also a program in the repositories called Startup Manager, it allows you to customize Grub. You can change the resolution on the menu and the splash screen, which comes in handy after you install a proprietary graphics driver and your splash screen looks all wonky. You can also set delay times and chose which partition is selected by default when you turn on the computer.
• Brent F

  

  • 15 posts
   

  January 25, 2011 1:47 PM PST

  biff baxter said:
  Sweet...I have always did this by hand...I will have to check it out...

  
  

  I need to learn more about editing.  I'm still a mid-level noob, but am learning something every day!

  
  

   

  
  

  Brent