Red Hat bootloader problem!

[sammylnx]

Hello everyone,

My computer has dual OS loaded - Windows 7 and RHEL6. I installed RHEL6 later(after windows 7). However the bootloader for Redhat is not being displayed and it is taking me directly to the Windows loading screen. I can, however, get into Redhat by continuously pressing a key for the bootloader(during boot). How do I bring back the bootloader screen?

[Mudgen]

Sounds like you installed grub on the partition with RHEL instead of the HD boot sector. Before we go further, when you do get the bootloader to go to Red Hat, can you interrupt the boot and get a screen with choices, including Windows? I.E. does your /boot/grub.conf have a selection for Windows?

[chiranjeevis]

It shows that ur system booting is very fast.

Get boot into the linux and edit the grub.conf file and set the timeout to 30 so that it will able to show u the boot loader menu at the time of system booting.

[sammylnx]

yes, when I interrupt, I do get the choices. either RHEL or windows.

[sammylnx]

It shows that ur system booting is very fast.

Get boot into the linux and edit the grub.conf file and set the timeout to 30 so that it will able to show u the boot loader menu at the time of system booting.

Thank you chiranjeevis, can you tell me the path of the grub.conf file?

[chiranjeevis]

Thank you chiranjeevis, can you tell me the path of the grub.conf file?

/boot/grub/grub.conf

[pragnanthv]

The path of the grub.conf is

/etc/grub.conf

if u want to make any changes to it then open it as root then only ur able make changes. But first take backup of grub.conf file before u make any changes.

[Mudgen]

As an alternative to editing grub.conf directly, look at the manpage for "grubby". It can do a lot of the edits without the risk of ending up unbootable due to syntax errors or typos.

BTW, 30 seconds is an excruciatingly long timeout. I usually use 5 or 10.

Looks like my guess about grub not being installed on boot sector is not correct if key tapping through boot takes you directly to grub menu.

[yancek]

Do you have windows 7 and Red Hat on the same hard drive? or on separate hard drives?
If you are going directly to the windows 7 system on boot, that means you did not install the Red Hat Grub bootloader to the master boot record or if you have multiple drives, you installed it to its drives master boot record and you have the windows 7 drive set to first boot priority.
What key are you pressing to get the menu? Are you selecting Red Hat from the BIOS?
You haven't given much information that can be useful. If you haven't resolved this problem, I would suggest you go to the site below and download the bootinfoscript and run it, post the results.txt file here for help:

SourceForge.net: Boot Info Script - Project Web Hosting - Open Source Software

[sammylnx]

Thank you guys . Editing the grub.conf file and changing the timeout to 5 seconds resolved the issue. Thank you chiranjeevis,pragnanthv for your help.