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How's your Grub Menu showing your distro's now?
How's your Grub Menu showing your distro's now?
Solved Installing Debian is a little daunting
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Everything is working great. The OS Prober was the issue. One last thing remains though. When I boot I want the boot menu to be hidden. It is not hidden. I looked in Ubuntus etc/default/grub file and GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden.
I wonder Debians boot menu is taking the place of Ubuntus boot menu. How do I get the system to use the correct boot menu.
P.S. I just looked in the Debian Grub file and it appears to be empty. When I installed Debian I disconnected Ubuntu so Debian SHOULD have a grub menu. Hmmmm....
I wonder Debians boot menu is taking the place of Ubuntus boot menu. How do I get the system to use the correct boot menu.
P.S. I just looked in the Debian Grub file and it appears to be empty. When I installed Debian I disconnected Ubuntu so Debian SHOULD have a grub menu. Hmmmm....
Glad to hear it!
Since your Ubuntu installation is handling the primary Bios Boot partition (sdb1) this is where Grub was installed and established.
--:--No, Debian's boot menu in not taking the place of Ubuntu because Ubuntu has the control of your Grub boot Menu --:-
IF you hide the Grub Menu you won't see your Debian os listed. So how would you boot into Debian?
Also, if you hide the Grub Menu your machine will boot into Ubuntu each time.
You could enter the BIOS to boot into Debian. However, this is not a standard and practical way to handle a desktop that has 2 or more Linux system installed on it and with 2 or more drives.
I think our administrator @wizardfromoz would agree.
you need time to select which distribution boots [if you are keeping that option, what you can do is reduce the length of time it is on the screen]
itslinuxfoss.com
How to Change the GRUB Timeout in Linux? – Its Linux FOSS
To change the GRUB timeout in Linux, open the “/etc/default/grub” configuration file and set the “GRUB_TIMEOUT” value in seconds.
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sofasurfer
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I know that you need to be able to see the menu when you are choosing an operating system. But I also know that the menu should be able to be hidden (thus the line in the file that says GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden. When the menu is hidden you can make it show at bootup by pressing ESC or some other such key.
But enough of this. I am happy I got it working and now that I am confident about using the Debian installation process I am going to clone my Ubuntu drive and reinstall Debian with Ubuntu attached to the system. I'll let you know how it works out when I'm done. In the meantime thanks for you time and patience.
But enough of this. I am happy I got it working and now that I am confident about using the Debian installation process I am going to clone my Ubuntu drive and reinstall Debian with Ubuntu attached to the system. I'll let you know how it works out when I'm done. In the meantime thanks for you time and patience.
To access the GRUB boot menu on a Linux system, press and hold the Shift key during startup for BIOS-based systems or repeatedly press the Esc key for UEFI-based systems.
With BIOS-based, it is usually Left Shift, YMMV.
Wiz
With BIOS-based, it is usually Left Shift, YMMV.
Wiz
You're welcome
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If you are pleased with your Debian installation and you no longer find Debian that ist's a little daunting like the tiltle of your thread says kindly, when you have the time, mark your thread as Solved.
To do that, go to the first post and click the edit button and at the end of the name of the thread type the word Solved.
If you are pleased with your Debian installation and you no longer find Debian that ist's a little daunting like the tiltle of your thread says kindly, when you have the time, mark your thread as Solved.
To do that, go to the first post and click the edit button and at the end of the name of the thread type the word Solved.
Thanks!
Have a great rest of the week ahead and enjoy and drive your Debian safe.
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