How to disable timer on duel boot?

[NoonienSoong97]

Hi,

I am wondering how I can either disable the timer on the duel boot screen, or change the time to a longer period say like 500 sec. instead of 10 sec.?

Thanks

[ibutho]

Edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and change the "timeout" value from 10 to whatever you want.

[NoonienSoong97]

I am able to open the file in a text editor, but I am denied to making changes to the file. Or am I only allowed to change it in an admin setting? However the admin password window doesn't popup when I try to resave it.

[ibutho]

You need to be in the admin group, then run something like Alt-F2 and enter "gksudo /boot/grub/menu.lst". Alternatively go to Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal and enter

sudo nano /boot/grub/menu.lst