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I need some help, I screwed up while trying to auto-mount on boot my USB external HDD, something went wrong and it doesn't boot to Ubuntu.

I installed this https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair and I ran it to repair the boot, and now I have a boot menu.

The menu shows down booting and I don't need it so how do I remove it?

psusi
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user193537
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  • I think you do need GRUB, it is the program that boots your computer. You could install an alternate bootloader if you needed to, though – kiri Sep 17 '13 at 00:12
  • tks @minerz029 thing is, i did a fresh install on an empty hdd, and on first boot and the next ones util i screw up grub was never showed. maybe i can disable it ? – user193537 Sep 17 '13 at 00:18
  • GRUB never showed because usually, you press Shift when booting to show GRUB, otherwise it is hidden. Boot repair shows GRUB for you – kiri Sep 17 '13 at 00:21
  • by "you press shift" you mean that i have deslocated my hand and finger near shift button and pressing it ?

    It didn't never happen, not on boot.

     – user193537 Sep 17 '13 at 00:25
  • I think the most helpful resource on this would be the configuration documentation which is not the first thing you'll find when using a search engine: https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Simple-configuration.html – lmat - Reinstate Monica Apr 14 '15 at 13:20

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You should use the following steps to hide GRUB (it is still installed)

  1. Run this command in terminal

    sudo -H gedit /etc/default/grub

  2. Set these lines (create them if they don't exist), doesn't have to be this order

    GRUB_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
GRUB_DEFAULT=0

  3. Save then close the file

  4. Run this command in terminal

    sudo update-grub
kiri
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actually I was having this menu already configured...

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
GRUB_TIMEOUT=10
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

I did it by removing word splash from second last line :)

cool right?

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