Windows not starting at Boot

[Rick Stevens]

Phan Qlo wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm a very fresh user of Fedora that I've installed on a new HD some
> days ago.
> Now I'm very in troubles because since the first time Windows doesn't
> appears at the boot and I think the matter is on /dev/hdb 1st partition
> "HPFS/NTFS" instead of Linux.
> This is the grub.conf file plus fdisk of both 1st HD (Win) and 2nd HD
> (Fc3).
> Could you confirm and give me any suggestion ? 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> # 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 (hd1,1)
> #          kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
> #          initrd /initrd-version.img
> #boot=/dev/hda
> default=0
> timeout=5
> splashimage=(hd1,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> hiddenmenu
> title Fedora Core (2.6.9-1.667)
> 	root (hd1,1)
> 	kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
> 	initrd /initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img
> title Win2000
> rootnoverify (hd0,0)
> chainloader +1
> 
> 
> Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
> Units = cilindri of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> 
> Dispositivo Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/hda1   *           1        4864    39070048+   7  HPFS/NTFS
> 
> Disk /dev/hdb: 41.1 GB, 41110142976 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4998 cylinders
> Units = cilindri of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> 
> Dispositivo Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/hdb1               1        2065    16587081    7  HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/hdb2   *        2066        2078      104422+  83  Linux
> /dev/hdb3            2079        4998    23454900   8e  Linux LVM
> 

You have a 5 second timeout in /boot/grub/grub.conf, so your choice
screen will only be displayed for five seconds.  If you don't hit a
keyboard key within that period, the system will automatically boot
linux.

To change that timeout to, say, 10 seconds, edit /boot/grub/grub.conf
and change the "timeout=5" to "timeout=10".
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