Remove grub timeout

[MaaaTtY]

Hey i would like to know how to safely remove the grub timeout, which is set to 10 seconds by default. i saw somewhere someone else had tried setting it to "0" which i was inclined to do but this really just sets it to 0 seconds and doesnt give you a chance to choose. should i just delete the "timeout" line completely?

[undecim]

Open /boot/grub/menu.lst as root (alt+f2, then type "gksu gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst")

Find the line "timeout 10" and change it to "timeout 0"

Save the file, and you're done

[mechro]

If you're looking to have an unlimited timeout then I understand Grub prefers you to hash out the line rather than set it to 0.

i.e. in grub/menu.lst

change...

timeout x

to read...

# timeout x

[sopadeajo]

You can download Startup Manager and mark: use timeout in bootloader menu.
If you unmark it then the time will not be 0 seconds but rather infinite seconds.It waits till you press enter key.

[wilee-nilee]

You can download Startup Manager and mark: use timeout in bootloader menu.
If you unmark it then the time will not be 0 seconds but rather infinite seconds.It waits till you press enter key.

Startup manager is a great tool.

[sopadeajo]

Startup manager is a great tool.

Not so great, but anyway i still do not know a different way to act on boot menu

[wilee-nilee]

Not so great, but anyway i still do not know a different way to act on boot menu

I like startup manager mainly due to it will rewrite the grub menu if you have a dualboot for the default startup, but hey we all have our own likes. I believe that the grub menu itself can be modified for the wait time.

[Minsky]

Changing the Timeout value to -1 worked for me.

[MaaaTtY]

thanks everyone, works great!