Try out giving more span for timeout (eg : 10), because by the time your grub screen is displayed the count might have finished. Antonello Piemonte <apiemont@xxxxxxx> wrote: Hi we have a system running RHEL 4.3 x86_64. When booting up, the timout from the grub menu is gone. Here is the grub.conf # cat /etc/grub.conf # 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/sda2 # initrd /initrd-version.img #boot=/dev/sda default=0 timeout=5 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz hiddenmenu title Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (2.6.9-34.ELsmp) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-34.ELsmp ro root=LABEL=/ initrd /initrd-2.6.9-34.ELsmp.img title Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS-up (2.6.9-34.EL) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-34.EL ro root=LABEL=/ initrd /initrd-2.6.9-34.EL.img # rpm -q grub grub-0.95-3.5.x86_64 any idea why/how this could happen? thanks antonello -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list --------------------------------- Here?s a new way to find what you're looking for - Yahoo! Answers -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list