Grub boot menu should not be shown, only via keyboard shortcut?

General system Kernel, boot, graphics & hardware
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I removed my Windows SSD from my computer, so I don’t need the Grub boot menu anymore. Just installed EOS with the latest ISO, yesterday. Grub boot menu appears.

Is it possible to stop showing the Grub boot menu by default? It should be shown when pressing a keyboard shortcut in case I need it to switch to another kernel.

Actually, I set GRUB_TIMEOUT to “3”. Should I set it to “0”?

2

This is the section I believe you should edit:

# Set to 'countdown' or 'hidden' to change timeout behavior,
# press ESC key to display menu.
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=menu

But maybe also setting that to 0 works too? Or both?

3

I have both of these set to this. To get the hotkey access the timeout style must be set as hidden so it is interruptible, the menu option cannot be interrupted as it loops differently.

Then the hotkey to access GRUB later on boot up is by pressing/tapping ESC key (Or SHIFT for a BIOS system)

GRUB_TIMEOUT=0

GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden
4

Indeed, you have to set both options. Now Grub boot menu is gone and I have to hold ESC to bring up the menu. :+1:

FYI, I tested with a timeout of 30 seconds. Then you’ll see the UEFI logo for 30 seconds, before system boots. :wink: