On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Claude Jones <cjones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have an ASUS G2S-B2 laptop dual booting Fedora 8 and Vista. > When I start the computer, after the BIOS messages, the screen goes black with > the exception of a single blinking dash in the upper left of the screen; > after 20-30 seconds, the GRUB menu appears normally. > Any suggestions for what's causing the pregnant pause? > -- Is the harddrive first in the boot order? Max