[SOLVED] Re-config Boot Loader

[bilyo]

Sorry if this has been answered. Maybe I'm using the wrong search words.
I remember setting the default and delay time in the boot loader when I first installed PCLOS but I can't remember how I did it. I see the delay time adjustment in CC but how do you reset the default app to load?  More importantly, can you make the settings so that there is no default - so that you are required to make a choice.  If there is no way to not have a default, could you set the delay time real high so it has the same effect?
Thanks

[uncleV]

"Default app" meaning default booting OS?

If yes both could be changed editing file /boot/grub/menu'lst
or
in GUI Configure Your Computer-->Boot-->Setup boot system, under Main options in the delay before booting you change the delay time. After that click "Next" click on the OS you want, click "Modify" and check "Default".

[bilyo]

uncleV,
I must have looked at that screen 3 times without seeing the "next" button. Thanks.
I found that if you set the delay time to -1 it will pause indefinately requiring a user choice as to which OS to boot. Also, it appears that the first OS on the list is the default by default. The system won't accept not having one of the OS's marked as default. But that doesn't matter if the delay time is set to -1.
Thanks again.

[uncleV]

So let's try the simple way.

Go to /boot/grub/ and edit the file menu.lst with root privileges.
You have at the beginning

timeout 5
color black/cyan yellow/cyan
gfxmenu (hd0,1)/boot/gfxmenu
default 0

"timeout" is the delay in seconds and "default 0" is the first OS (or option) in the list that you see at boot screen, "default 1" is the second and so on.

Edit and save (be careful, better do a copy of the file before editing) and look if that changed something.

[bilyo]

Got it. Frankly, as a long time Windows user I find nothing easier than a well designed GUI  .  It's great to see PCLOS getting easier to do it either way.
Thanks for the help.

[uncleV]

It is not clear how did you solved your problem - via GUI or via CLI?
It's good you specify this for the reason other people with similar problem to "know-how"

[bilyo]

I actually did it using the GUI. I also passed the info along to my son (a recent pclos convert) and he made similar adjustments without a hitch. I made note of your CLI instructions for future reference.

What I like about a well designed GUI is that you usually have a menu of choices and don't have to remember what they are as you do with the CLI. This is wonderful for those of us who mostly run various apps and are not so inclined to delve into CL work.  On that note, I would suggest that the window for adjusting the delay time should include a note regarding the -1 setting and limits on the delay time if there are any.
Thanks