removing "boot linux and install grub thingy" on boot

[lawamori]

hi guys, im very new in puppy linux and would just like to ask what to do so that there won't be a option to choose "boot linux on sda2" and "install linux grub" thingy options whenever I boot my PC. I'm just on puppylinux and I wanted to immediately boot to puppy without going to such hassle

[WhoDo]

hi guys, im very new in puppy linux and would just like to ask what to do so that there won't be a option to choose "boot linux on sda2" and "install linux grub" thingy options whenever I boot my PC. I'm just on puppylinux and I wanted to immediately boot to puppy without going to such hassle

Find the /boot/grub directory and edit the menu.lst file with this value:

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timeout 0

That will ensure that the default OS will boot without requiring a choice. GRUB will still be there but it will flash by so quick you'll hardly notice it. Unfortunately all OS require a boot loader of some sort. With Linux it's usually GRUB these days. With Windows it's NTLDR.

Hope that helps

[lawamori]

It didnt help at all sorry,

It was still there when I rebooted

"Linux on /dev/sda2"
"Install GRUB on floppy disk"
"Install GRUB on linux partition"

or something like that, any fix?

[trapster]

Make sure there is no "#" in front of timeout 0

[knuesel]

puppy works but when i do harddrive install it comes back with grub recovery error. keeps asking me where to put the grub; default does not work; no clue where to go from there

[lawamori]

oh there we go, it worked!

thanks for clearing that out you guys!

happy puppy here...

[knuesel]

how do you find the boot grub directory ?

[rokytnji]

how do you find the boot grub directory ?

Open Rox File Manager. Click on the up arrow in Rox File Manager Task Bar.

You should see a file named boot.
Left click it.
You should see afile named Grub.
Left click it.
You should see a file named menu.lst
left click it, it should open with text editor

Edit to your hearts content or till you break it. It is a good idea to copy and paste a backup of the original file (before you start editing and making changes) by opening another Rox File Manager Window.
Drag your .menu.lst and select copy. I just put mine in /root. Then rename file menu.lst backup.

[mikeb]

Ok where is the logic in a message saying how to install grub when grub has to be installed in order to see it...I'm with the op on this.
Its like windows installer when it cannot install says press F3 to reboot and not install again

mike

[knuesel]

"Find the /boot/grub directory and edit the menu.lst file with this value:" is a nebie supposed to know how to do this ?? i don;t