New FC3 Install for Dual Boot w/ WinXP Fails After BIOS

[Steven Erat]

Good suggestion, and I had my hopes up for a while there.  I tried various
combinations of commenting out the hidden menu interface, the password
option, changing the timeout, and changing the default OS.  None altered
the behavior unfortunately.  

Thanks
Steve

--- Derek Martin <invalid at pizzashack.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 01:59:24PM -0800, Steven Erat wrote:
> > Now in FC3 I don't even get the splash screen grub menu.  
> 
> And you won't...  you have the hiddenmenu option set in your
> grub.conf:
> 
>   The hidden menu interface
>   =========================
> 
>   When your terminal is dumb or you request GRUB to hide the menu
>   interface explicitly with the command `hiddenmenu' (*note
>   hiddenmenu::), GRUB doesn't show the menu interface (*note Menu
>   interface::) and automatically boots the default entry, unless
>   interrupted by pressing <ESC>.
> 
> I suggest that you boot with knoppix and remove this option, and see
> if anything changes.  It may allow you to get a better sense of what's
> going on.  It may be that booting windows has somehow become hosed,
> but you may still be able to boot linux.  If not, it might at least
> suggest what the problem is...
> 

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