[SOLVED] Grub menu disapeared

[abcuser]

Hi,
on Ubuntu 8.10 when starting PC there is no grub menu selection, just Ubuntu starts by default. I probably set some settings, but don't know which one. How to set back that grub menu selection at boot time. I would like to have "recovery mode" just in case if something goes wrong.
Regrads

[kpkeerthi]

In /boot/grub/menu.lst, change the timeout parameter.

See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GrubHowto for detailed instructions

[MarblePanther]

You can install startup-manager from synaptic and use it to configure (with a graphical interface instead of manually editing menu.lst) everything about grub including timeout, colors, showing the menu, kernels shown, etc...


edit:


with startup-manager, just tick the box "show bootloader menu" and set the timeout to something around 3 secs so you can choose quickly enough

[abcuser]

In /boot/grub/menu.lst, change the timeout parameter.

See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GrubHowto for detailed instructions

Hi,
I have found out that grub menu is displaying "Press <Esc> to display grub menu" - if I press <Esc> then grub menu loads.
Regards

[MarblePanther]

You can configure it to display the menu and not the "hit escape" stuff

Just follow my directions if you want that instead

[abcuser]

Hi,
to install from Terminal:

sudo apt-get install startupmanager

Then use: System | Administratio | StartUp-Manager

Thanks a lot,
Regards