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Fanoy
Asked: 2012-02-02 16:55:14 +0800 CST

delete GRUB ubuntu 11.10

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how do I delete grub on Ubuntu 11.10. I want to get into ubuntu normally without having to choose which operating system I would run. and how to remove ubuntu with older kernels as shown below

grub

grub2 kernel 11.10

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    You can not delete or remove grub as grub is responsible for booting.

    You can, however, configure grub to hide the menu.

    Edit /etc/default/grub

    # Graphical 
gksu gedit /etc/default/grub

# command line
sudo -e /etc/default/grub

    And edit or add these lines

    GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=1
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true

    GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=X

    X is a positive integer (e.g. 1, 5, 10, etc)

    The boot process will pause and display a blank screen or the designated splash >image for X seconds. At the end of the time period, the system will boot. No menu will >be displayed. While GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT is active, the menu can be displayed by pressing any >key.

    See: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Hidden

    In terms of old kernels, remove them. either from the command line of software center.

    How do I remove old kernel versions to clean up the boot menu?

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  2. Also, there seems to be some graphical utility called StartUpManager which allows to set the menu timeout and other settings:

    StartUpManager

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