Experiencing the Grub Error 17

[Paul Smith]

On 10/22/07, Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel at infinity-ltd.com> wrote:
> > I have meanwhile been able to copy the entire /dev/sdc3 to /dev/sda1,
> > and /dev/sdc2 to /dev/sda2. So the two logical volumes are now in
> > /dev/sda (larger and faster disk). The device /dev/sda is a SATA disk;
> > the other an IDE one.
> >
> > I can boot in F7 in /dev/sda (the new disk) using the grub.conf in
> > /dev/sda2 and the other volume in /dev/sda1. However, I always get the
> > grub prompt when booting. I just need to run the command
> >
> > configfile (hd0,1)/grub/grub.conf
> >
> > and the machine starts booting correctly. The question now is: how can
> > I avoid the grub prompt when booting?
> >
> > Paul
> >
> You can add the hiddenmenu option. Put it in the same section as the
> timout option.

It was already there in grub.conf:

default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora (2.6.22.9-91.fc7)
        root (hd0,1)
        kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.22.9-91.fc7 ro root=/dev/sda1 rhgb
        initrd /initrd-2.6.22.9-91.fc7.img
title Fedora (2.6.22.7-85.fc7)
        root (hd0,1)
        kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.22.7-85.fc7 ro root=/dev/sda1 rhgb
        initrd /initrd-2.6.22.7-85.fc7.img

Paul