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==grub== | ==grub== | ||
If there is no boot delay, but you need interactive control, try holding down space when grub comes up. | If there is no boot delay, but you need interactive control, try holding down space (or with some versions shift) when grub comes up. | ||
Don't go editing grub's configuration files directly if at all possible. Edit <tt>/etc/default/grub</tt> and rebuild them with <tt>update-grub</tt>. Note that <tt>update-grub2</tt> is these days just a symlink to <tt>update-grub</tt>. If what you want to change isn't available via <tt>/etc/default/grub</tt>, try to do it via <tt>/etc/grub.d</tt>. If you're directly editing <tt>grub.cfg</tt>, you're gonna have a bad time (and your changes will be blown away the next time someone runs <tt>update-grub</tt>). | Don't go editing grub's configuration files directly if at all possible. Edit <tt>/etc/default/grub</tt> and rebuild them with <tt>update-grub</tt>. Note that <tt>update-grub2</tt> is these days just a symlink to <tt>update-grub</tt>. If what you want to change isn't available via <tt>/etc/default/grub</tt>, try to do it via <tt>/etc/grub.d</tt>. If you're directly editing <tt>grub.cfg</tt>, you're gonna have a bad time (and your changes will be blown away the next time someone runs <tt>update-grub</tt>). | ||