On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 21:08 -0400, Tod wrote: > Tod Merley wrote: > > On 5/3/07, Tod <tod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I'm trying to stabilize a RH9 machine so I can upgrade to FC6. For some > >> reason GRUB is ignoring the timeout and upon reboot leaves the boot > >> screen up without ever booting the default image. > >> > >> Has anyone ever heard of this. Anything I can check? > >> > >> Thanks - Tod > >> > >> -- > >> fedora-list mailing list > >> fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >> To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > >> > > > > Hi Tod! > > > > I am not sure exactly what you are saying. > > > > Can you hit a key (in particular escape) when the boot screen > > (splash?) first comes up and see the boot menu? > > > I'm actually assisting a remote user. The problem is that if the > machine reboots, which it magically seems to be doing every Saturday, > and there is no one around, it sits at the Grub splash screen until > someone shows up on Monday and selects a kernel to boot to. After that > everything is fine. I'd be checking every crontab I can find for the reboot issue. I'd also be checking the machine for rootkits and other malware. This sounds like the machine's "owned" by a hacker. > grub.conf has a valid and accurate default boot image and has a valid > but non-working timeout (10 seconds). It should be booting up to the > default image after 10 seconds which it is not. Very weird. > > I got feedback from the remote admin who suggested the problem might be > a result of him running the machine without a keyboard or mouse. My > thought is if that were the case then the BIOS would be complaining well > before the point when the grub splash screen is presented. Not necessarily, but I doubt that's the issue. I'd make sure grub is updated via yum, then rerun the grub-install, just to make sure you have a valid grub. If the machine was compromised, then anything's possible, including a trojan horse grub. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Principal Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxx - - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - - - - To iterate is human, to recurse, divine. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
