[ale] auto start

[ale at pcartwright.com (Paul Cartwright)]

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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