long pause before GRUB appears on ASUS G2S-B2

[max bianco]

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Claude Jones <cjones at levitjames.com> wrote:
> I have an ASUS G2S-B2 laptop dual booting Fedora 8 and Vista.
>  When I start the computer, after the BIOS messages, the screen goes black with
>  the exception of a single blinking dash in the upper left of the screen;
>  after 20-30 seconds, the GRUB menu appears normally.
>  Any suggestions for what's causing the pregnant pause?
>  --

Is the harddrive first in the boot order?


Max