[ale] auto start

[John Pilman]

Thanks guys. The timeout is exactly what I'm looking for, so I can watch it
work while I'm testing; which I will do this evening.
...John

On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 8:13 AM, Paul Cartwright <ale at pcartwright.com>wrote:

> On 12/26/2010 11:01 PM, John Pilman wrote:
> > That works most of the time, but occasionally, GRUB displays a screen
> > asking which operating system to start.  I have no remote access when I
> > can't get past GRUB, and without a monitor or keyboard, it is tough to
> > select an OS.  I'd like to force the boot without waiting for input, but
> > I have not tinkered with GRUB much, and I did not find anything in the
> > documentation that addresses this situation.
> >
> > Any ideas would be appreciated.
> /boot/grub/menu.lst:
>
> # You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default
> entry
> # is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
> # WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not change this entry to 'saved'
> or your
> # array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
> default        0
>
> ## timeout sec
> # Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the
> default entry
> # (normally the first entry defined).
> timeout        5
>
>
>
>
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