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Is there a way to set time out on boot menu?[solved]
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PostPosted: Mon 13 Jun 2011, 10:30    Post subject:  Is there a way to set time out on boot menu?[solved]  
Not Grub. I mean the menu that pops up during the boot process when there is more than one save file available. At present, boot stops and waits for input. Is there a way to set a time-out so that boot continues if left for say 5 seconds?
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PostPosted: Mon 13 Jun 2011, 13:28    Post subject: Re: Is there a way to set time out on boot menu?  
DaveS wrote:
Not Grub. I mean the menu that pops up during the boot process when there is more than one save file available. At present, boot stops and waits for input. Is there a way to set a time-out so that boot continues if left for say 5 seconds?


How would you set the default? "0" appears first, so as it sits, a timeout might mean "boot to ram"...
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PostPosted: Mon 13 Jun 2011, 13:52    Post subject:  
The addition in the script could be made in such a way that a default save file is indicated.
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PostPosted: Mon 13 Jun 2011, 14:16    Post subject:  
Code:
case $NUMPUPSAVES in
  0)
   PUPSAVE=""
   ;;
  1)
   PUPMODE=8 #`expr $PUPMODE + 8`  #PUPMODE=12
   PUPSAVE="`cat /tmp/PUPSAVE2FSS`" #format: hda7,ext3,/pup220/${DISTRO_FILE_PREFIX}save.2fs
   ;;
  *)
   PUPSAVE=""
   CNTSAVE=1
   echo -e "\\033[1;36m" >/dev/console #36=aquablue
   echo "Type a number to choose which personal file to use:" > /dev/console
   echo "0  none" > /dev/console
echo -en "\\033[0;39m" >/dev/console
   read NUMSAVE

change "read NUMSAVE" to "read -t 10 NUMSAVE" or whatever seconds instead of 10 you 'd like to have ... ( code inside initrd.gz )
and add somthing like that afterwards :
Code:
NUMSAVE=`echo "$NUMSAVE" | grep -o '[0-9]' | tr -d '\n'`
[ -z "$NUMSAVE" ] && NUMSAVE=0
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PostPosted: Mon 13 Jun 2011, 14:58    Post subject:  
Karl then he need to use initrd editor to do that would he not?
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PostPosted: Mon 13 Jun 2011, 15:22    Post subject:  
nooby wrote:
Karl then he need to use initrd editor to do that would he not?


Actually, IIRC he just need to unpack it "gzip -d initrd.gz", edit it, and then "gzip initrd" (of course, making a backup copy of the original initrd.gz file before beginning...)
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PostPosted: Mon 13 Jun 2011, 15:29    Post subject:  
RetroTechGuy wrote:
nooby wrote:
Karl then he need to use initrd editor to do that would he not?


Actually, IIRC he just need to unpack it "gzip -d initrd.gz", edit it, and then "gzip initrd" (of course, making a backup copy of the original initrd.gz file before beginning...)


Tried that... geany cannot read resulting unpacked file.
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PostPosted: Mon 13 Jun 2011, 15:47    Post subject:  
Karl Godt wrote:
Code:
case $NUMPUPSAVES in
  0)
   PUPSAVE=""
   ;;
  1)
   PUPMODE=8 #`expr $PUPMODE + 8`  #PUPMODE=12
   PUPSAVE="`cat /tmp/PUPSAVE2FSS`" #format: hda7,ext3,/pup220/${DISTRO_FILE_PREFIX}save.2fs
   ;;
  *)
   PUPSAVE=""
   CNTSAVE=1
   echo -e "\\033[1;36m" >/dev/console #36=aquablue
   echo "Type a number to choose which personal file to use:" > /dev/console
   echo "0  none" > /dev/console
echo -en "\\033[0;39m" >/dev/console
   read NUMSAVE

change "read NUMSAVE" to "read -t 10 NUMSAVE" or whatever seconds instead of 10 you 'd like to have ... ( code inside initrd.gz )
and add somthing like that afterwards :
Code:
NUMSAVE=`echo "$NUMSAVE" | grep -o '[0-9]' | tr -d '\n'`
[ -z "$NUMSAVE" ] && NUMSAVE=0


Tried this, but it made no difference Smile


edit instructions are here :http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=168712#168712
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PostPosted: Mon 13 Jun 2011, 16:41    Post subject:  
Karl Godt wrote:

change "read NUMSAVE" to "read -t 10 NUMSAVE" or whatever seconds instead of 10 you 'd like to have ... ( code inside initrd.gz )
and add somthing like that afterwards :
Code:
NUMSAVE=`echo "$NUMSAVE" | grep -o '[0-9]' | tr -d '\n'`
[ -z "$NUMSAVE" ] && NUMSAVE=0


Thanks Karl.. this worked
Code:
read -t 5 NUMSAVE
[ -z "$NUMSAVE" ] && NUMSAVE=1


where 5 seconds is the timeout and '1' is the required default. Interrupting with another option from the keyboard works correctly also.
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PostPosted: Mon 13 Jun 2011, 16:43    Post subject:  
Cool that it worked. How did you accomplish that editing then Smile
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PostPosted: Mon 13 Jun 2011, 16:48    Post subject:  
nooby wrote:
Cool that it worked. How did you accomplish that editing then Smile


The link showing how is at the bottom, three posts up from here. Here it is again
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=168712#168712
It was easier than it looks. So great to just turn on and walk away while it boots up if I just want to use my default save file............
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PostPosted: Tue 14 Jun 2011, 00:12    Post subject:  
Hi,
great possibility. Very Happy

What about a simple textfile, maybe "bootdefault"? With t=xx and default=xx?
If this file exists, it uses this values, if it doesn't exist, it works as usual.

The advantage would be the easy changing of the values without editing initrd.gz (editing initrd.gz only one time for adding such code).

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PostPosted: Tue 14 Jun 2011, 07:55    Post subject:  
Or as a parameter...

Like the idea as I had been using a batch file before invoking Grub4dos under DOS to do it.
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PostPosted: Sat 25 Jun 2011, 07:16    Post subject:  
If anybody is interested in using a textfile for easy changing time and default, please read here.

It's the first time that I did something like that. Cool
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