[ale] auto start

[cfowler at outpostsentinel.com (Chris Fowler)]

On Sun, 2010-12-26 at 23:01 -0500, 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. 

I installed Ubuntu 11.04 on a laptop a few weeks ago and noticed the
same thing.  Most of the time it would boot but a few times it thought I
had hit a key and it was waiting on me to do something.  I never touched
the laptop during the restart.