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ekimyerac · **A liitle more time to choose -** 07-07-2010, 03:53 AM

I have had my 1012 since 1 Jul and I am really liking it. I have installed Jolicould and am enjoying it.

However, is there anything I can do to give me more to choose between Jolicloud and Windows 7. As a Ham Radio operator I must still live in the Windows world with several programs. It seems that Jolicloud is very eager to get going and I sometimes do not get to change it fast enough.

So is there a way to give me more time or default to windows or both.

Thanks,

Michael

grassle · 07-07-2010, 08:09 AM

The bootmanagers Chameleon and Grub allow to set a waiting time and a default boot.

reflex · 07-07-2010, 01:20 PM

GRUB is the bootloader commonly used with Linux. Here seem to be instructions for changing GRUB's timeout in Jolicloud.

Be aware that some distros, like Ubuntu, use a newer version of GRUB, which would need to be reconfigured differently.

ekimyerac · 07-07-2010, 02:56 PM

Thanks for info, went to the link and have made the changes. I must admit that I do miss the command line. Windows, MAC, and Linux is nice but sometimes it is just nice to have a command line.

Michael

grassle · 07-07-2010, 03:01 PM

I came the other way, and increasingly enjoy the feeling of geeky power that only a clui can give

(and have learned the importance of full backups...)

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grassle Senior Member Posts: 371 Join Date: May 2009	07-07-2010, 08:09 AM The bootmanagers Chameleon and Grub allow to set a waiting time and a default boot.

reflex Guru Posts: 1,997 Join Date: Apr 2009	07-07-2010, 01:20 PM GRUB is the bootloader commonly used with Linux. Here seem to be instructions for changing GRUB's timeout in Jolicloud. Be aware that some distros, like Ubuntu, use a newer version of GRUB, which would need to be reconfigured differently. Mini 9 \| Intel 5100 Wifi \| Ubuntu 10.04 Netbook Mini 1012 \| SSD \| Intel 6200 Wifi \| Ubuntu 11.10 64bit

ekimyerac Junior Member Posts: 4 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Spokane WA	07-07-2010, 02:56 PM Thanks for info, went to the link and have made the changes. I must admit that I do miss the command line. Windows, MAC, and Linux is nice but sometimes it is just nice to have a command line. Michael

grassle Senior Member Posts: 371 Join Date: May 2009	07-07-2010, 03:01 PM I came the other way, and increasingly enjoy the feeling of geeky power that only a clui can give (and have learned the importance of full backups...)

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