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    <title>boot &amp;mdash; Paul Sutton</title>
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      <title>Grub boot menu</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Grub boot menu&#xA;&#xA;By default Debian using the Grub bootloader, if you want to change a few settings you can either edit the configuration files manually&#xA;&#xA;There is a section in the Debian Administrators Handbook which covers Grub, and also the LILO boot loader(s). &#xA;&#xA;If you are not comfortable with this then you can use a program such as grub-customizer.&#xA;&#xA;apt install grub-customizer&#xA;&#xA;So the first screen you see is a list of installed operating systems.  &#xA;&#xA;Systems&#xA;&#xA;So you can fine tune which kernel or add extra parameters.&#xA;&#xA;The next tab &#xA;&#xA;General Settings&#xA;&#xA;Allows you to customize how Grub works, you can change how long the Grub menu appears for, or hide it altogether.&#xA;&#xA;You can also change how grub looks &#xA;&#xA;appearance settings&#xA;&#xA;Advanced tab should only be touched if you know what you are doing, here for reference anyway.&#xA;&#xA;advanced&#xA;&#xA;Don&#39;t forget to save your settings, however if you exit without saving then you will lose changes. This is good if you think you may have messed something up.  &#xA;&#xA;#debian,#boot,#Grub,#Configuration,#grub-customizer&#xA;&#xA;hr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;table&#xD;&#xA;thead&#xD;&#xA;trtda rel=&#34;me&#34; href=&#34;https://qoto.org/@zleap&#34;Mastodon/a/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Shelllabs.Intro&#34;ShellLabs/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://joinmastodon.org/&#34;Join Mastodon/a/td/tr/thead/table&#xD;&#xA;center&#xD;&#xA;AI statement : b Consent is NOT granted to use the content of this blog for the purposes of AI training or similar activity.  Consent CANNOT be assumed, it has to be granted. /b&#xD;&#xA;/center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a href=&#34;https://liberapay.com/PaulSutton/donate&#34;img alt=&#34;Donate using Liberapay&#34; src=&#34;https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg&#34;/a&#xD;&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Grub boot menu</p>

<p>By default Debian using the Grub bootloader, if you want to change a few settings you can either edit the configuration files manually</p>

<p>There is a section in the <a href="https://debian-handbook.info/" rel="nofollow">Debian Administrators Handbook</a> which covers Grub, and also the LILO boot loader(s).</p>

<p>If you are not comfortable with this then you can use a program such as grub-customizer.</p>

<p><strong>apt install grub-customizer</strong></p>

<p>So the first screen you see is a list of installed operating systems.</p>

<p><img src="https://salsa.debian.org/zleap-guest/screenshots/-/raw/master/GrubCustom/listconfig.png" alt="Systems"></p>

<p>So you can fine tune which kernel or add extra parameters.</p>

<p>The next tab</p>

<p><img src="https://salsa.debian.org/zleap-guest/screenshots/-/raw/master/GrubCustom/grubcustomGenSettings.png" alt="General Settings"></p>

<p>Allows you to customize how Grub works, you can change how long the Grub menu appears for, or hide it altogether.</p>

<p>You can also change how grub looks</p>

<p><img src="https://salsa.debian.org/zleap-guest/screenshots/-/raw/master/GrubCustom/appearance.png" alt="appearance settings"></p>

<p>Advanced tab should only be touched if you know what you are doing, here for reference anyway.</p>

<p><img src="https://salsa.debian.org/zleap-guest/screenshots/-/raw/master/GrubCustom/advanced.png" alt="advanced"></p>

<p>Don&#39;t forget to <strong>save</strong> your settings, however if you exit without saving then you will lose changes. This is good if you think you may have messed something up.</p>

<p><a href="/paulsutton/tag:debian" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">debian</span></a>,<a href="/paulsutton/tag:boot" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">boot</span></a>,<a href="/paulsutton/tag:Grub" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Grub</span></a>,<a href="/paulsutton/tag:Configuration" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Configuration</span></a>,<a href="/paulsutton/tag:grub" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">grub</span></a>-customizer</p>

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      <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2020 12:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Boot in to Linux console </title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[With most Linux systems, you boot in to a Graphical desktop.  There are situations where you want to perhaps use a pure console.  &#xA;&#xA;While you can switch to a console with CTRL-ALT-Fn keys.  If you want to set your system so that it boots directly in to a console you can do so via the instructions at the site below. &#xA;&#xA;I have a spare netbook set up to boot in to the console.&#xA;&#xA;Please see this link for instructions &#xA;&#xA;Set your system to boot in to the console&#xA;&#xA;A similar post was on my original blog.  I am reposting here to keep the information available.&#xA;&#xA;#Linux, #boot, #console&#xA;&#xA;You can find me on Friendica at zleap@social.isurf.ca&#xA;&#xA;---&#xA;&#xA;cc-by logo&#xA;Licenced under Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)&#xA;&#xA;hr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;table&#xD;&#xA;thead&#xD;&#xA;trtda rel=&#34;me&#34; href=&#34;https://qoto.org/@zleap&#34;Mastodon/a/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Shelllabs.Intro&#34;ShellLabs/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://joinmastodon.org/&#34;Join Mastodon/a/td/tr/thead/table&#xD;&#xA;center&#xD;&#xA;AI statement : b Consent is NOT granted to use the content of this blog for the purposes of AI training or similar activity.  Consent CANNOT be assumed, it has to be granted. /b&#xD;&#xA;/center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a href=&#34;https://liberapay.com/PaulSutton/donate&#34;img alt=&#34;Donate using Liberapay&#34; src=&#34;https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg&#34;/a&#xD;&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With most Linux systems, you boot in to a Graphical desktop.  There are situations where you want to perhaps use a pure console.</p>

<p>While you can switch to a console with CTRL-ALT-Fn keys.  If you want to set your system so that it boots directly in to a console you can do so via the instructions at the site below.</p>

<p>I have a spare netbook set up to boot in to the console.</p>

<p>Please see this link for instructions</p>
<ul><li><a href="http://ask.xmodulo.com/boot-into-command-line-ubuntu-debian.html" rel="nofollow">Set your system to boot in to the console</a></li></ul>

<p>A similar post was on my original blog.  I am reposting here to keep the information available.</p>

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      <guid>https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/boot-in-to-linux-console</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2020 07:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
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