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frozonecom
May 26th, 2011, 08:36 AM
Hi. I just want to ask if there is a way to make grub bootloader automatically boot to ubuntu every start up. And only make the bootloader appear when I press a certain key(ie. F7) so that I can boot to windows when I do not want to boot on Ubuntu.

I hope someone can help me with this. :)

lmarmisa
May 26th, 2011, 11:56 AM
This is a good guide for GRUB2:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1195275

According to the default GRUB config (file /etc/default/grub) you should be able to boot into Ubuntu automatically. Try to reduce the parameter GRUB_TIMEOUT to 2 or 3 seconds if you wish a faster boot. Open a terminal and type this command:



sudo gedit /etc/default/grub


Change GRUB_TIMEOUT to 3 or any other value which you wish:



# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
# For full documentation of the options in this file, see:
# info -f grub -n 'Simple configuration'

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
#GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
GRUB_TIMEOUT=3
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

# Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs
# This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains
# the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...)
#GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef"

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
#GRUB_TERMINAL=console

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480

# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true

# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
#GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"

# Uncomment to get a beep at grub start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"


Save & exit.

Then type this command:



sudo update-grub


And finally reboot your system.

If you do not press any key at startup, the system will boot into Ubuntu. Use the arrows keys for selecting Windows at startup.

frozonecom
May 30th, 2011, 06:12 AM
Thanks for the help! :) That actually did the trick!