[SOLVED] Reduce the timeout in dual boot to micro seconds

Anil Kagi · 08-22-2014, 02:03 AM

Hey friends,

I have just installed Linux Mint 17 Qiana Cinnamon on my Samsung RV509, i3, 3GB RAM, 300GB HDD Laptop. I have two OSs in dual boot. The other one is Windows 7. Now I would like to reduce the timeout in dual boot options to micro seconds or less than a second, may be 1/10th of a second, during startup. I have LM as the default OS.

Can this be done?

I would greatly appreciate any help in this regard.

Thank you.

jross · 08-22-2014, 07:14 AM

Wouldn't that just mean you will no longer have a "dual boot"? Is your real goal to get rid of windows 7?

onebuck · 08-22-2014, 07:51 AM

Hi,

Welcome to LQ!

For /etc/lilo.conf;

Quote:

From 'man lilo.conf';
timeout=<tsecs>
sets a timeout (in tenths of a second) for keyboard input at the boot: prompt. "timeout" only has meaning if "prompt" is mentioned. If no
key is pressed for the specified time, the default image is automatically booted. The default timeout is infinite.

http://linuxpoison.blogspot.com/2010...t-timeout.html
For 'grub' timeout;

Quote:

From http://linuxpoison.blogspot.com/2010...t-timeout.html

Change default Timeout:
To change the default timeout option in GRUB 2, you just need to change the GRUB_TIMEOUT parameter. The value of this parameter is in sec, change this value as per your requirement.

Hope this helps.
Have fun & enjoy!

Anil Kagi · 08-31-2014, 01:13 AM

Thank you Gary,

and sorry for the delay in replying.

Thanks for the painstaking answer and the links.

Regards

Anil

onebuck · 08-31-2014, 09:03 AM

Hi,

Glad to be of help. Happy that you were able to use the information.

Firerat · 08-31-2014, 09:33 AM

I'm with jross on this,

Sure, you can set 'time out'to low or none as detailed by Onebuck.

The question is why?, a few seconds to confirm OS/ kernel version is, in my opinion a small price to pay for flexability.

Edit: if you are 'there' just hit enter

If things go 'screwy' you will be thankful of that 5sec delay