Please help...Can't get ride of boot loader

tonyc360 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 26, 2010 10:44 pm

Hi I am trying to remove the boot loader or not have one in the installation at all.

I read in a few areas where there was an "issues" with the beta installer and you must select install boot loader from advanced options during installation ? I was able to install only with this selected.

Any direction / assistance form the community is appreciated.

Tnx

Tony

TRiPgod · **Posted:** Fri Aug 27, 2010 4:28 pm

If you are going to boot into Linux, you must have some kind of boot loader, whether it be grub or lilo or syslinux

I don't understand what you are asking.

Tortel · **Posted:** Fri Aug 27, 2010 10:59 pm

You could change the timeout to 1sec, so its barley there

marshnjoy · **Posted:** Sun Aug 29, 2010 5:18 am

Why does my GRUB show two versions? Eeebutu GNU w/ Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686 and Eeebuntu GNU w/ Linux 2.6.32-5-686

What's the difference in them? Do I need both? How do I get one removed?

Tortel · **Posted:** Sun Aug 29, 2010 1:40 pm

Those are different kernels. The kernel is the base of the operating system, and controls the hardware in your system. If you really want to remove one, search for linux-image-2.6.32 in Synaptic and remove one

marshnjoy · **Posted:** Mon Aug 30, 2010 4:05 am

@Tortel,
OK, you make it sound like I shouldn't want to delete one of them. Why do I want two kernels? Do I need the extra one in case one pukes out? Is the 2.6.32- 5 the latest kernel and the -trunk more basic? What is the difference in the two kernels? (I mean that from a newbies' perspective, not a highly technical one.....like one has the latest features that the eb4 team wants to use and the other is more basic) How can I change the order in the grub so that 2.6.32-5 is at the top of the list and is the default one to boot? I don't always just sit there with a ready finger to scroll down to the other kernel. ;D
Sorry for the stupid questions. It's just where I am at this point in the Linux process. Thanks

bulva666 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 30, 2010 10:15 am

SEarch for Boot-Up manager in synaptic, it's a GUI app to manage GRUB.

tonyc360 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 08, 2010 1:11 am

tnx for the replies - i can't seem to find the area/file to change the time out down to 1 sec ?

rusty815 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 08, 2010 3:25 am

open up the terminal and type in "sudo gedit /etc/default/grub" (without quotes) and where it says timeout, change it to 1.

then once youve updated the file type this into the terminal: "sudo update-grub" (again without quotes) and thats it.

Please help...Can't get ride of boot loader

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