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I am not on a duel boot system, and do not want to view the GRUB boot menu. I have used methods that have worked in the past to change /etc/default/grub to accomplish that ends, but they have not worked. I have also followed guides, and they haven't worked either.

/etc/default/grub looks like this:

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

Update-grub returns no error messages, and does update /boot/grub/grub.cfg successfully. Indeed, editing this file works for any values for GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT and GRUB_TIMEOUT that are integers and not 0. The problem is I want 0 values however.

How can I get this file to accept 0 values? This same method of editing has worked on this computer for previous installs. I don't know what could be causing it to fail now.

Kremer
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This solution combines the best of two related answers.
Please visit the two links below for full explanation:

Edit /etc/default/grub file with the following settings:

GRUB_TIMEOUT=0.0  
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden    
#GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0.0  
#GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true

Then remember to run sudo update-grub in your terminal.

I tested this on a pc with multiple operating systems with 100% success.
I am unable to test this on a pc with one operating system, but it should work just the same.

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