Re: wheezy, grub2, hidden menu, shift-key to display menu

[Frank McCormick <debianlist@videotron.ca>]

On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:19:58 -0500
Frank McCormick <debianlist@videotron.ca> wrote:

> On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:41:14 +1100
> Zenaan Harkness <zen@freedbms.net> wrote:
> 

> > 
> > What I want to achieve:
> > A hidden grub menu, with or without a "press key for menu"
> > timeout/countdown; if I am holding down SHIFT or some other key on
> > boot, I want the grub menu to appear, but not otherwise.
> > 
> > Is this possible?
> > 
> > If so, how to?
> 
> 
>    I believe it is GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT in /etc/default/grub.
> 
>    Set it to 5. If no key is pressed during that timeout...then system
> boots. I don't know whether the other timeout affects it. Actually on
> my system the keyword is not even in the file...I got the info from
> info -f grub -n "Simple Configuration"
> 


  You'll also have to re-run update-grub after you make the changes.


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Frank McCormick <debianlist@videotron.ca>