Impossible to access boot menu

Ed Greshko Ed.Greshko at greshko.com
Sun Nov 1 00:38:16 UTC 2009


Marcel Rieux wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko at greshko.com> wrote:
>   
>> Marcel Rieux wrote:
>>     
>
>   
>>> I try to access the boot menu, where you can choose a kernel and,
>>> whatever key I press, I can't stop the countdown and access the boot
>>> menu.
>>>       
>
>   
>> The "timeout=0" starts the boot process without delay.  Set it to a
>> higher number.
>>     
>
> I wrote: "I can't stop the countdown", so it means the timeout is long enough.
>
> Thanks anyways!
>
>   
Keep forgetting the cardinal rule...."Don't reply before coffee".....

I run with hiddenmenu commented out and timeout=8 and have no problems. 
Uncommented and "hit any key" displayed and works fine as well.

Do you have a USB keyboard?



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