need help

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I have installed fedora core , i already have windows xp on c drive now whenever i start my system it gives me a screen where i have to hit a key to reach another screen where i can select which os i want to boot. but is it possible that instead of first screen i get the second screan where i can choose the os i want to boot and the first screen gives me only 2 secs.

wat do u get in the First screen ??

yeah edit menu.lst default time out

open menu.lst with any text editor with root privilages

path is

/boot/grub/menu.lst

command is

su kate /boot/grub/menu.lst

su gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

and change the value for
timeout

by default its 5 sec

yes,fedora just try to boot into before grub MENU appears.the solution is :
press alt+f2 to get "run" dialog.now insert below command to open grub.conf

Code:

gksu gedit  /boot/grub/grub.conf

now in the editor search(CTRL+F) for "hiddenmenu" word.prefix a "#" on hiddenmenu as is below:

Code:

#hiddenmenu

also u can make the timeout value to be 20 seconds:

Code:

timeout         20

^search and replace the value.