Robert Nichols wrote: > Mark Snyder 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 >> >> CentOS release 5.2 (Final) >> Kernel 2.6.18-92.1.18.el5 on an i686 >> >> # grub.conf generated by anaconda >> # >> # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file >> # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that >> # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. >> # root (hd0,0) >> # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda3 >> # initrd /initrd-version.img >> #boot=/dev/hda >> default=0 >> timeout=10 >> splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz >> hiddenmenu >> title CentOS (2.6.18-92.1.18.el5) >> root (hd0,0) >> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet >> initrd /initrd-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.img >> title CentOS (2.6.18-53.el5) >> root (hd0,0) >> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-53.el5 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet >> initrd /initrd-2.6.18-53.el5.img >> ~ >> ~ >> "grub.conf" 21L, 725C >> > > The NOTICE generated by anaconda indicates a separate /boot partition. > Be sure that you are editing the grub/grub.conf file that is in your > boot partition (hda1) and not a similar, but superfluous, file that > you find under /boot in your root filesystem when your /boot partition > is not mounted. > > I did a find for grub.conf and there are two copies of this file on the system, one in /etc and one in /boot/grub however the file in /etc is just a link back to /boot/grub/grub.conf To check that this is the file being used I commented out the second title which then did not appear on the grub screen so I am sure that I am editing the correct file.