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I got my Ubuntu server built and working, but I have to manually add a boot parameter ("no-hlt") into grub to start. I'm running maverick so it's grub2..and I can't figure out how to put it in so I don't have to manually override it on every boot. What exactly do I need to do to include this parameter in the default boot?

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Edit the /etc/default/grub file:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="no-hit"

If you only need it on normal boot (i.e. not single-user mode):

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="no-hit"

If there are already options there, then either append or prepend (doesn't really matter which) using spaces as delimiters.

Some might say to edit /boot/grub/grub.cfg; this is a bad idea, as Grub2 automatically overwrites this file every time anything involving the kernel or GRUB is updated.

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Perfect, that did it. The only other step was after updating that file, was to run sudo update-grub. Thanks for the tip! – Matt Stratton Feb 7 '11 at 4:55

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