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I accidentally change the seconds in the grubedit to 0 second, now i cannot go to ubuntu os please help

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I accidentally change the seconds in the grubedit to 0 second, now i cannot go to ubuntu os please help

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Buz Cory (buzco) said : 		#1

Assuming you have a bootable CD:
Boot from the CD and select the boot menu option that says "repair" or such.
Now select the option that lets you run a shell on your boot partition
Now pick your favorite character-mode editor
edit the file /boot/grub/menu.lst
you should now see a line "timeout 0" change this to an appropriate value.
Save, exit the editor, exit the shell, tell the menu that you want to reboot.
Remove the CD and let 'er rip.
You should be good now.

The command line is your friend.
== Buz :)

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Arsenio F (arsenio-f) said : 		#2

I accidentally change the seconds in the grubedit to 0 second, now i cannot go to ubuntu os please help

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Ariel Cabral (acabral1961) said : 		#3

Did you have the installation CD with you?

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Ariel Cabral (acabral1961) said : 		#4

Do you need more detailed instructions?

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#5

Can you put thte Ubuntu cd in the cd-drive and switch your machine off and on again? This is called a reboot.

Good luck
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Tom (tom6) said : 		#6

Can you put the Ubuntu cd in the cd-drive and switch your machine off and on again? This is called a reboot.

Good luck
Many regards from
Tom :)

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Best Tom (tom6) said : 		#7

It's even easier than Buz was saying! (Still a good answer tho Buz)

Just edit
/boot/grub/menu.lst
with a text editor and change the 4th (ish) line down from

timeout 0

to

timeout 20

or somethng, mines on 10

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Arsenio F (arsenio-f) said : 		#8

Thanks Tom, that solved my question.