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  1. May 19th, 2013 #1
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    increase grub boot timer

    How to increase the default grub boot timer...
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    Re: increase grub boot timer

    edit these lines as needed in /etc/default/grub
    GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
    GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
    GRUB_TIMEOUT=10
    then run sudo update-grub
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    Re: increase grub boot timer

    Quote Originally Posted by /etc/default/grub

    GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
    GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
    GRUB_TIMEOUT=10
    If you are dual-booting then you have edit the 'bold line'. The value '10' means ten seconds. After edit SAVE the file and from Terminal run: sudo update-grub
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