I still think that those three seconds matter, the idea to reduce the time it takes for Ubuntu to boot and log in - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/42/ - is currently the seventh idea with the most votes on Ubuntu brainstorm. I think we can all agree that Ubuntu boots without problems most of the time, and that recovery mode would probably be chosen for less than 1% of the instances when Grub is started. If 1% of instances requires a delay of three seconds for the other 99% of instances, it would certainly be worth it to try to solve that issue, right? One of my last ideas I could think of would be to use a LiveCD to access recovery mode. But given that this idea probably isn't convincing, I'm marking my bug as "Invalid" (don't see the option "Won't Fix" here). I figured out that I can disable the three second delay in the /boot/grub/menu.lst file, so now I'm no longer bothered by it. It's still a pity though a good solution by default isn't possible.
** Changed in: grub (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- GRUB's three seconds delay unnecessary if only Ubuntu is installed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/194730 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs