grub.conf options [redux]

[Jonathan Ryshpan]

On Wed, 2009-10-07 at 15:09 -0700, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
Where are they documented?  
> In particular:
>       * What does the quiet option do?
>       * How can I get the system to display messages during shutdown?
>         rhgb suppresses messages during bootup.  Is there a similar
>         option for shutdown?  If so what is it?
>       * In my grub.conf, timeout=5.  Nevertheless the grub starts the
>         boot process after 3 seconds.  What am I missing?

On Wed, 2009-10-07 at 19:00 -0500, Mikkel wrote:
> ...
> You may want to run "pinfo grub" - it will open the Grub info file.
> If you do not have pinfo installed, you can run "info grub".

On Wed, 2009-10-07 at 22:28 +0000, g wrote:
> ...
> http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/

I have looked at both of these places carefully.  They are both versions
of the same document, which answers none of my questions.  More info is
solicited.

Thanks - jon