----- Original Message ---- From: John <John@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 5:55:54 PM Subject: grub at start up When the box starts up, grub's default time is about 4 seconds; how do I change that? I remember seeing it posted once before, but forgot to write down... John -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Change the line timeout=5 to timeout=N where N is the number of seconds that you want/desire # grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. # root (hd0,0) # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet acpi=off # initrd /initrd-version.img #boot=/dev/sda default=0 timeout=5 <------ here change the 5 to 10 or 20 whichever number you feel most comfortable splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz hiddenmenu title Fedora (2.6.21-1.3194.fc7) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 initrd /initrd-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7.img [root@localhost ~]# Regards, Antonio ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by "Green Rating" at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/