Thanks guys. The timeout is exactly what I'm looking for, so I can watch it work while I'm testing; which I will do this evening.<br>...John<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 8:13 AM, Paul Cartwright <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ale@pcartwright.com">ale@pcartwright.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On 12/26/2010 11:01 PM, John Pilman wrote:<br>
> That works most of the time, but occasionally, GRUB displays a screen<br>
> asking which operating system to start. I have no remote access when I<br>
> can't get past GRUB, and without a monitor or keyboard, it is tough to<br>
> select an OS. I'd like to force the boot without waiting for input, but<br>
> I have not tinkered with GRUB much, and I did not find anything in the<br>
> documentation that addresses this situation.<br>
><br>
> Any ideas would be appreciated.<br>
</div>/boot/grub/menu.lst:<br>
<br>
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default<br>
entry<br>
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.<br>
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not change this entry to 'saved'<br>
or your<br>
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.<br>
default 0<br>
<br>
## timeout sec<br>
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the<br>
default entry<br>
# (normally the first entry defined).<br>
timeout 5<br>
<br>
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--<br>
Paul Cartwright<br>
Registered Linux user # 367800<br>
Registered Ubuntu User #12459<br>
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