[CentOS] GRUB Timeout problem

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Mark Snyder <mark at jmktdis.com> wrote:
> I recently installed CentOS 5.1 on a DL71 ASI notebook.

> After my yum update the timeout parameter in /boot/grub/grub.conf file
> has no effect.  It sits at the grub screen forever unless I press the
> enter key to select a kernel, at which point it will boot.
>
> Any help or suggestions to fix this would be much appreciated
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Have you tried to reinstall GRUB? If you do, possibly the problem will go away.
<http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/ReinstallGRUB>