-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Joseph L. Casale wrote: > I'll try this when I get home. What is bizarre is that it doesn't even > begin the grub timeout, it boots almost immediately into Windows? 'windows' may be first 'title' and timeout=0, if grub is installed. see example below. to check that it is installed, run from a command line; dd if=/dev/sda of=bootsector.hex bs=512 count=1 open 'bootsector.hex' with a hex editor and look around byte 0x17f for word 'grub' to insure grub is loaded. if you see 'microsoft' anywhere, grub is not loaded. ~~~ Amy Kelly wrote: > OK, thanks.I'll do that tonight and see if that works. example of a grub.conf: +++ #boot=/dev/hda default=0 ## default to *first* 'title' timeout=5 ## time delay in seconds for auto boot hiddenmenu ## hide menu from screen view title Scientific Linux SL (2.6.18-92.1.13.el5) root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.1.13.el5 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.18-92.1.13.el5.img title Scientific Linux SL (2.6.18-92.1.10.el5) root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.1.10.el5 ro root=LABEL=/1 rhgb quiet initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.img +++ in above; 'title' = what is displayed in menu when shown 'root' = root of system being booted 'kernel' = kernel to be loaded 'initrd' = image to use 'rhgb' = redhat graphic boot 'quiet' = quiet mode, do not show all of boot info for less terse description of grub boot loader, see: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/ to select your choice of manual. hth. - -- tc,hago. g . in a free world without fences, who needs gates. learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Red Hat - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFI9Qr0+C4Bj9Rkw/wRArOUAJ9ltH5CCkkGX0ISGt+9NBMiTaNmhACgvBc0 NkEt5DQBn3k5u4O5BUqVH9o= =UThZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
