I've installed Wubi onto a Windows Vista computer. I've also set the boot timeout to 0:
bcdedit /timeout 0
However, now I can't figure out how to get the menu to come up at all! I read on the internets that I had to hold F8 or space when starting up, but they doesn't seem to do anything. Is there a different key or setting I've overlooked?
The computer itself is a Dell that's a few months old. The keyboard is USB, but I don't think that's the problem as I can get into the BIOS just fine. Maybe I'm doing it wrong? Am I supposed to hold the keys or rapidly tap them (I've tried both)?
If it helps, here's the output from bcdedit:
C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit
Windows Boot Manager
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identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=C:
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
default {current}
resumeobject {5460d9d2-d391-11dc-9d9f-aba67a8797c5}
displayorder {current}
{e2484fe7-5e97-11de-84d4-0024e8074422}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 0
resume No
Windows Boot Loader
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identifier {current}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows Vista
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence {572bcd55-ffa7-11d9-aae0-0007e994107d}
recoveryenabled Yes
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {5460d9d2-d391-11dc-9d9f-aba67a8797c5}
nx OptIn
Real-mode Boot Sector
---------------------
identifier {e2484fe7-5e97-11de-84d4-0024e8074422}
device partition=C:
path \ubuntu\winboot\wubildr.mbr
description Ubuntu
Check and make sure that things like "Legacy USB support" is turned on in your system BIOS if it has it. USB keyboards can be slow to be recognized during the boot process making it hard at times to get to the boot menu.
Ummm... Why not run bcdedit again and change the timeout value?
This is a bug actually in the Windows Boot Manager. 2 is the new 0. Set timeout to 2 or higher instead of 0 or 1 so you can press F8 to make it show the menu. You can use a tool like EasyBCD to set the timeout from an OS like XP.