I have a dual boot laptop half windows xp pro, half fedora core 5. I'm using grub boot loader and it gives 5 sec to choose... does any one know how to extend this time? I was told /boot/grub/grub.conf and change the default to what ever you want but when i opened it with my text editor it was a blank document.
Heres mine..it's /boot/grub/menu.list (debian) # menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8) # grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8), # grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub # and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/. ## default num # Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and # the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used. # # You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry # is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'. default 0 ## timeout sec # Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry # (normally the first entry defined). timeout 5 THIS IS THE ENTRY TO CHANGE # Pretty colours color cyan/blue white/blue ## password ['--md5'] passwd # If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing # control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the # command 'lock' # e.g. password XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX # password --XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX # password XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX # # examples # # title Windows 95/98/NT/2000 # root (hd0,0) # makeactive # chainloader +1 # # title Linux # root (hd0,1) # kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro # # # Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST ### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST ## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified ## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below ## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs ## ## Start Default Options ## ## default kernel options ## default kernel options for automagic boot options ## If you want special options for specifiv kernels use kopt_x_y_z ## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted. ## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro # kopt=root=/dev/hda2 ro 24 ## default grub root device ## e.g. groot=(hd0,0) # groot=(hd0,1) ## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options ## e.g. alternative=true ## alternative=false # alternative=true ## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options ## e.g. lockalternative=true ## lockalternative=false # lockalternative=false ## altoption boot targets option ## multiple altoptions lines are allowed ## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options ## altoptions=(recovery mode) single # altoptions=(recovery mode) single ## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst ## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the ## alternative kernel options ## e.g. howmany=all ## howmany=7 # howmany=all ## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option ## e.g. memtest86=true ## memtest86=false # memtest86=true ## ## End Default Options ## title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.27-2-386 root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27-2-386 root=/dev/hda2 ro 24 initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.4.27-2-386 savedefault boot title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.27-2-386 (recovery mode) root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27-2-386 root=/dev/hda2 ro 24 single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.4.27-2-386 savedefault boot ### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
yeah..it's a root owned file. try this.. login as root, navigate to /boot/grub then use the nano editor, with # nano menu.list I like nano..it's easy. What I don't like, or know much about is FC5, so I'm not certain it boots in the same way. Found this document, which I haven't read that may solve your issues. http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-fc5.html#boot
The last distro I used (RHEL) had gedit built in where as fc5 has KWrite so I just downloaded gedit and extended it from 5 to 20. Thanks for the info. By the way that web site is a good one Thanks Again!
