When I still used Ubuntu 7.xx, 8.xx, and 9.xx, I configure Grub manually by editing the /boot/grub/menu.lst. But, since Ubuntu use Grub 2 on Ubuntu 10.04, I do not edit Grub setting manually any more. There is Start-Up Manager that can configure Grub 2 easier. StartUp-Manager is a free open-source GUI tool to manage settings for Grub (Grub Legacy), Grub 2, Usplash and Splashy. It provides a menu-driven interface which allows the user to set boot menu options such as the default operating system, menu timeouts and displays, password protection and much more. StartUp-Manager accomplishes this by translating the user’s GUI inputs into bootloader settings without the need to manually edit the bootloader file (in Ubuntu, normally /boot/grub/menu.lst).
Here are the setting can be changed using Start-Up Manager :
- Timeout
- Default OS/kernel
- Misc. (Writes to the “GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=” line of /etc/default/grub but will not remove the same entries such as “splash” and “quiet” already entered on “GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”)
- Show text during boot
- Display resolution – Placed on “GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=” line of /etc/default/grub as “vga=XXX”. During boot GRUB 2 will note that the “vga=” option is deprecated.
If you have not installed Start-Up Manager on your Ubuntu yet, the are 2 ways to install it:
First, Install with Synaptic:
Open Synaptic: System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager.
You can search using keyword startup manager. And then select startupmanager in the right panel, mark for installation, and press Apply.
The second way is using terminal, if the universe repository is enabled, run:
sudo apt-get install startupmanager
After the installation process is finished you can open Start-Up Manager from start menu: System > Administration > StartUp-Manager, or in a terminal: startupmanager.
Configure Grub Using StartUp Manager on Ubuntu
Configure Grub Using StartUp Manager on Ubuntu
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