How to make GRUB boot Puppy automatically?

[timjbart]

I am probably just being a bit slow, but the version of GRUB that Puppy installed for me when I installed on my hard drive waits for me to press ENTER before booting Puppy.

I am not dual booting or anything complicated, just bog standard Puppy.

How do I set up GRUB so that it automatically boots puppy withou any input?

[timjbart]

With some more google searching I found the solution:

3. How to edit the menu.lst file:
A. In Puppy Desktop > rox > parent directory > boot > grub > menu.lst.
B. Open the menu.lst file.
C. Cut these 3 lines...

title Linux (on /dev/hda2)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro vga=normal

and paste them below this line...

# Other bootable partition config begins


D. Now, you can set the timeout value:

In the line

#timeout 30

CHANGE the 30 into 10, and REMOVE the # at the beginning
of the line (you can specify the timeout value to whatever
you like). Save & exit.

Now, when you start computer, it will auto-boot into
Puppy in 10 seconds.

[bostonvaulter]

i would suggest making the timeout even smaller, perhaps 1 second. I don't understand why those other lines need to be cut though...have you tried it? does it work for you?

[timjbart]

Yes, worked fine. It is weird that you have to cut and paste those 3 lines but it did the job.

I have 2 seconds....just on the off chance that one day I might want to edit the way it boots and I don't want to keep missing the timeout

[bostonvaulter]

yeah, I would think that those lines would be something that's already in the file. 2 seconds sounds good. I'm not sure if i'll put 2 seconds or 1 second after i get my hard drive fixed and actually start using grub.

[timjbart]

yeah, I would think that those lines would be something that's already in the file. 2 seconds sounds good. I'm not sure if i'll put 2 seconds or 1 second after i get my hard drive fixed and actually start using grub.

I have 1 second on my Ubuntu home PC and it works ok. On the rare occaision I do want to get into Windows, 1 second is just about enough time to press the down arrow and cancel the timeout