Make grub show its menu?

[Gene Heskett]

On Monday 04 May 2015 00:32:41 Nils Kassube wrote:
> Gene Heskett wrote:
> > I have an install based on ubuntu 10.04-4 LTS, with whatever version
> > of grub was used then.
> >
> > On boot, the esc key doesn't seem to be the show grub key, so it
> > sails right by it and boots the default=0 image.
>
> From <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#GRUB_vs_GRUB_2>:
> | Hold down (right) SHIFT to display the menu during boot.
>
> I suppose the rest of the page is interesting to you as well.
>
>
> Nils

Thank you Nils.  I'll see if I can run memtest+ 2 or 3 cycles tomorrow.

The symptoms are a random freeze, with stationary video, no mouse & no 
response to keyboard.  ssh -Y from here dead, any nfs shares from there 
that go away lock up the rest of the network that might be playnig 
client.  Another supposedly identical machine, running the same install 
cd, runs fine for months at a time if no power glitches.  Only recourse 
is the reset button.

But why does it get moved around?  Do they flip a coin or ??

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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