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How can I change the waiting time of the dual boot menu (starting moment) into my Ubuntu Studio 15.10 installation? Can I?

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Open a terminal window, then back up the existing grub config file:

sudo cp /etc/default/grub /etc/default/grub-backup

Now (using sudo or gksudo depending on your editor of choice) edit /etc/default/grub and change the number in this line of the file

GRUB_TIMEOUT=10

to your desired waiting time in seconds.

Exit, saving the file, and then run

sudo update-grub

On your next boot you should have the wait time you specified.

Organic Marble
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  • Creating a backup of grub file is a very good idea to recover from a messed up situation. Btw, I required root privileges to edit the grub file else it was giving access denied error as mentioned [here](https://askubuntu.com/q/364008/605028) – RBT Dec 06 '17 at 00:02
  • Thanks for pointing that out! I have edited the answer to fix that. – Organic Marble Dec 06 '17 at 00:13