Grub not working

[Goh Lip]

On 05/05/2011 08:46 PM, dave boland wrote:
>> Yes, at bootups, this resolution will work but not at the grub
>> resolution. So it's (very much) worth a try.
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> All,
>
> I discovered something last night.  If I hold the Shift key down from
> power-up, I get the text version of Grub (1.99), and it works.
>
> So, it looks like the order of business is:
> 1. Fix Grub so it displays without a key being pressed.
> 2. Add the code to be able to boot to Windows ME (needed until the end
> of the year).
> 3. This is the ugliest Grub I have ever seen, so there must be a way to
> improve it, though I do believe in function over form, so...
>
> And of course thanks to all of you for your help!
>
> Dave,


Good, to make sure it always display menu without need to press shift.

You need to edit /etc/default/grub

Comment the following line:
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0

Take out the # and it should look like this:
#GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0


Afterwards, run the following in a terminal:

sudo update-grub

Regards - Goh Lip